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#2991CE

#2991ce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2991ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 56.86% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.1% cyan, 29.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 202.18°, with 66.8% saturation and 48.43% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.59.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2518

Complementary

  1. #2991ce
  2. #ce6629

Split complementary

  1. #2991ce
  2. #ce293f
  3. #ceb829

Analogous

  1. #29ceb8
  2. #2991ce
  3. #293fce

Triadic

  1. #2991ce
  2. #ce2991
  3. #91ce29

Tetradic

  1. #2991ce
  2. #6629ce
  3. #ce6629
  4. #91ce29

Square

  1. #2991ce
  2. #b829ce
  3. #ce6629
  4. #3fce29

Monochromatic

  1. #10374e
  2. #1c648e
  3. #2991ce
  4. #63b2e0
  5. #a3d2ed

Shades

#2991ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2991ce
  2. #2583b9
  3. #2174a5
  4. #1d6690
  5. #19577c
  6. #154967
  7. #103a52
  8. #0c2c3e
  9. #081d29
  10. #040f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2991ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2991ce
  2. #3e9cd3
  3. #54a7d8
  4. #69b2dd
  5. #7fbde2
  6. #94c8e7
  7. #a9d3eb
  8. #bfdef0
  9. #d4e9f5
  10. #eaf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2991ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2991ce
  2. #328fc6
  3. #3a8ebe
  4. #438cb7
  5. #4c8aaf
  6. #5589a7
  7. #5d879f
  8. #668597
  9. #6f8390
  10. #778288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8da9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7492d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e83cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a0a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f91d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e89cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2991ce {
  color: #2991ce;
}
Background
.bg-2991ce {
  background-color: #2991ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2991ce {
  border: 2px solid #2991ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2991ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 145 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 67% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2991ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2991ce, #293fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2991ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 145 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.65 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.90 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.10 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.34 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.65 #d66e31 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2991ce  rgb(41, 145, 206)  hsl(202, 67%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ce6629  rgb(206, 102, 41)  hsl(22, 67%, 48%)  Chocolate
#ce2991  rgb(206, 41, 145)  hsl(322, 67%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#91ce29  rgb(145, 206, 41)  hsl(82, 67%, 48%)  Yellow Green