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#299CDD

#299cdd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299cdd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 61.18% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.45% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 201.67°, with 72.58% saturation and 51.37% 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 6.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2947

Complementary

  1. #299cdd
  2. #dd6a29

Split complementary

  1. #299cdd
  2. #dd2942
  3. #ddc429

Analogous

  1. #29ddc4
  2. #299cdd
  3. #2942dd

Triadic

  1. #299cdd
  2. #dd299c
  3. #9cdd29

Tetradic

  1. #299cdd
  2. #6a29dd
  3. #dd6a29
  4. #9cdd29

Square

  1. #299cdd
  2. #c429dd
  3. #dd6a29
  4. #42dd29

Monochromatic

  1. #0f415e
  2. #196fa0
  3. #299cdd
  4. #6bbbe7
  5. #add9f2

Shades

#299cdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299cdd
  2. #258cc7
  3. #217db1
  4. #1d6d9b
  5. #195e85
  6. #154e6f
  7. #103e58
  8. #0c2f42
  9. #081f2c
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#299cdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299cdd
  2. #3ea6e0
  3. #54b0e4
  4. #69bae7
  5. #7fc4eb
  6. #94ceee
  7. #a9d7f1
  8. #bfe1f5
  9. #d4ebf8
  10. #eaf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299cdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299cdd
  2. #3299d4
  3. #3a96ca
  4. #4394c1
  5. #4c91b8
  6. #558eaf
  7. #5d8ba5
  8. #66889c
  9. #6f8693
  10. #778389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7797b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9de0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658cdc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669cdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5393dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299cdd {
  color: #299cdd;
}
Background
.bg-299cdd {
  background-color: #299cdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299cdd {
  border: 2px solid #299cdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299cdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 156 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299cdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299cdd, #2942dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299cdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 156 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.36 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.54 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.26 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.61 #d66322 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299cdd  rgb(41, 156, 221)  hsl(202, 73%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#dd6a29  rgb(221, 106, 41)  hsl(22, 73%, 51%)  Chocolate
#dd299c  rgb(221, 41, 156)  hsl(322, 73%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9cdd29  rgb(156, 221, 41)  hsl(82, 73%, 51%)  Yellow Green