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#299BCE

#299bce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299bce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 60.78% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.1% cyan, 24.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 198.55°, 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 6.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.2837

Complementary

  1. #299bce
  2. #ce5c29

Split complementary

  1. #299bce
  2. #ce2948
  3. #ceaf29

Analogous

  1. #29ceaf
  2. #299bce
  3. #2948ce

Triadic

  1. #299bce
  2. #ce299b
  3. #9bce29

Tetradic

  1. #299bce
  2. #5c29ce
  3. #ce5c29
  4. #9bce29

Square

  1. #299bce
  2. #af29ce
  3. #ce5c29
  4. #48ce29

Monochromatic

  1. #103b4e
  2. #1c6b8e
  3. #299bce
  4. #63bae0
  5. #a3d6ed

Shades

#299bce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299bce
  2. #258cb9
  3. #217ca5
  4. #1d6d90
  5. #195d7c
  6. #154e67
  7. #103e52
  8. #0c2f3e
  9. #081f29
  10. #041015
  11. #000000

Tints

#299bce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299bce
  2. #3ea5d3
  3. #54afd8
  4. #69b9dd
  5. #7fc3e2
  6. #94cde7
  7. #a9d7eb
  8. #bfe1f0
  9. #d4ebf5
  10. #eaf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299bce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299bce
  2. #3298c6
  3. #3a96be
  4. #4393b7
  5. #4c90af
  6. #558ea7
  7. #5d8b9f
  8. #668897
  9. #6f8590
  10. #778388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7595ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829ad0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c8acd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699acf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5891ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299bce {
  color: #299bce;
}
Background
.bg-299bce {
  background-color: #299bce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299bce {
  border: 2px solid #299bce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299bce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 155 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 67% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299bce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299bce, #2948ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299bce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 155 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.40 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.79 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.72 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.63 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.71 #d66431 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299bce  rgb(41, 155, 206)  hsl(199, 67%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ce5c29  rgb(206, 92, 41)  hsl(19, 67%, 48%)  Flame
#ce299b  rgb(206, 41, 155)  hsl(319, 67%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bce29  rgb(155, 206, 41)  hsl(79, 67%, 48%)  Yellow Green