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#299AED

#299aed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#299aed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 60.39% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.7% cyan, 35.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 205.41°, with 84.48% saturation and 54.51% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Relative luminance0.297

Complementary

  1. #299aed
  2. #ed7c29

Split complementary

  1. #299aed
  2. #ed2938
  3. #edde29

Analogous

  1. #29edde
  2. #299aed
  3. #2938ed

Triadic

  1. #299aed
  2. #ed299a
  3. #9aed29

Tetradic

  1. #299aed
  2. #7c29ed
  3. #ed7c29
  4. #9aed29

Square

  1. #299aed
  2. #de29ed
  3. #ed7c29
  4. #38ed29

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4773
  2. #1072ba
  3. #299aed
  4. #70bbf3
  5. #b6ddf9

Shades

#299aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299aed
  2. #258bd5
  3. #217bbe
  4. #1d6ca6
  5. #195c8e
  6. #154d77
  7. #103e5f
  8. #0c2e47
  9. #081f2f
  10. #040f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#299aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299aed
  2. #3ea4ef
  3. #54aef1
  4. #69b8f2
  5. #7fc2f4
  6. #94cdf6
  7. #a9d7f8
  8. #bfe1fa
  9. #d4ebfb
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299aed
  2. #3297e2
  3. #3a95d7
  4. #4392cc
  5. #4c90c1
  6. #558db7
  7. #5d8aac
  8. #6688a1
  9. #6f8596
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7897be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739ef0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #568ceb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e9cef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4892ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299aed {
  color: #299aed;
}
Background
.bg-299aed {
  background-color: #299aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299aed {
  border: 2px solid #299aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 154 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299aed, #2938ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 154 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.64 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.83 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.44 #d66512 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299aed  rgb(41, 154, 237)  hsl(205, 84%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7c29  rgb(237, 124, 41)  hsl(25, 84%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#ed299a  rgb(237, 41, 154)  hsl(325, 84%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9aed29  rgb(154, 237, 41)  hsl(85, 84%, 55%)  Spring Bud