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#299CEA

#299cea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#299cea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 61.18% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.48% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.25°, with 82.13% saturation and 53.92% 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.89.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3019

Complementary

  1. #299cea
  2. #ea7729

Split complementary

  1. #299cea
  2. #ea293b
  3. #ead829

Analogous

  1. #29ead8
  2. #299cea
  3. #293bea

Triadic

  1. #299cea
  2. #ea299c
  3. #9cea29

Tetradic

  1. #299cea
  2. #7729ea
  3. #ea7729
  4. #9cea29

Square

  1. #299cea
  2. #d829ea
  3. #ea7729
  4. #3bea29

Monochromatic

  1. #0b476f
  2. #1273b5
  3. #299cea
  4. #6fbcf1
  5. #b4dcf8

Shades

#299cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299cea
  2. #258cd3
  3. #217dbb
  4. #1d6da4
  5. #195e8c
  6. #154e75
  7. #103e5e
  8. #0c2f46
  9. #081f2f
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299cea
  2. #3ea6ec
  3. #54b0ee
  4. #69baf0
  5. #7fc4f2
  6. #94cef5
  7. #a9d7f7
  8. #bfe1f9
  9. #d4ebfb
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299cea
  2. #3299df
  3. #3a96d5
  4. #4394ca
  5. #4c91c0
  6. #558eb5
  7. #5d8baa
  8. #6688a0
  9. #6f8695
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7998bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #779fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c8ee9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #619eec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c94e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299cea {
  color: #299cea;
}
Background
.bg-299cea {
  background-color: #299cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299cea {
  border: 2px solid #299cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 156 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299cea, #293bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 156 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.68 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.71 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.51 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.59 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.85 #d66315 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299cea  rgb(41, 156, 234)  hsl(204, 82%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7729  rgb(234, 119, 41)  hsl(24, 82%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ea299c  rgb(234, 41, 156)  hsl(324, 82%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9cea29  rgb(156, 234, 41)  hsl(84, 82%, 54%)  Inchworm