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#299BED

#299bed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#299bed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 60.78% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.7% cyan, 34.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 205.1°, 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 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.26.

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Relative luminance0.3003

Complementary

  1. #299bed
  2. #ed7b29

Split complementary

  1. #299bed
  2. #ed2939
  3. #eddd29

Analogous

  1. #29eddd
  2. #299bed
  3. #2939ed

Triadic

  1. #299bed
  2. #ed299b
  3. #9bed29

Tetradic

  1. #299bed
  2. #7b29ed
  3. #ed7b29
  4. #9bed29

Square

  1. #299bed
  2. #dd29ed
  3. #ed7b29
  4. #39ed29

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4773
  2. #1073ba
  3. #299bed
  4. #70bcf3
  5. #b6ddf9

Shades

#299bed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299bed
  2. #258cd5
  3. #217cbe
  4. #1d6da6
  5. #195d8e
  6. #154e77
  7. #103e5f
  8. #0c2f47
  9. #081f2f
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#299bed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299bed
  2. #3ea5ef
  3. #54aff1
  4. #69b9f2
  5. #7fc3f4
  6. #94cdf6
  7. #a9d7f8
  8. #bfe1fa
  9. #d4ebfb
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299bed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299bed
  2. #3298e2
  3. #3a96d7
  4. #4393cc
  5. #4c90c1
  6. #558eb7
  7. #5d8bac
  8. #6688a1
  9. #6f8596
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7897bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ef0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #588deb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f9def ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4993ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299bed {
  color: #299bed;
}
Background
.bg-299bed {
  background-color: #299bed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299bed {
  border: 2px solid #299bed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299bed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 155 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299bed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299bed, #2939ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299bed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 155 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.97 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.06 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.69 #d66412 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299bed  rgb(41, 155, 237)  hsl(205, 84%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7b29  rgb(237, 123, 41)  hsl(25, 84%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ed299b  rgb(237, 41, 155)  hsl(325, 84%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9bed29  rgb(155, 237, 41)  hsl(85, 84%, 55%)  Spring Bud