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#299FE0

#299fe0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299fe0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 62.35% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.7% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 201.31°, with 74.69% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3065

Complementary

  1. #299fe0
  2. #e06a29

Split complementary

  1. #299fe0
  2. #e02944
  3. #e0c529

Analogous

  1. #29e0c5
  2. #299fe0
  3. #2944e0

Triadic

  1. #299fe0
  2. #e0299f
  3. #9fe029

Tetradic

  1. #299fe0
  2. #6a29e0
  3. #e06a29
  4. #9fe029

Square

  1. #299fe0
  2. #c529e0
  3. #e06a29
  4. #44e029

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4462
  2. #1873a5
  3. #299fe0
  4. #6cbdea
  5. #afdbf3

Shades

#299fe0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fe0
  2. #258fca
  3. #217fb3
  4. #1d6f9d
  5. #195f86
  6. #155070
  7. #10405a
  8. #0c3043
  9. #08202d
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fe0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fe0
  2. #3ea9e3
  3. #54b2e6
  4. #69bce9
  5. #7fc5ec
  6. #94cff0
  7. #a9d9f3
  8. #bfe2f6
  9. #d4ecf9
  10. #eaf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fe0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fe0
  2. #329cd6
  3. #3a99cd
  4. #4396c3
  5. #4c93ba
  6. #5590b0
  7. #5d8ca6
  8. #66899d
  9. #6f8693
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #809fe3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678fdf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689fe2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5596df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fe0 {
  color: #299fe0;
}
Background
.bg-299fe0 {
  background-color: #299fe0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fe0 {
  border: 2px solid #299fe0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fe0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 75% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fe0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fe0, #2944e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fe0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 224 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.63 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.70 #d6601f Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fe0  rgb(41, 159, 224)  hsl(201, 75%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#e06a29  rgb(224, 106, 41)  hsl(21, 75%, 52%)  Chocolate
#e0299f  rgb(224, 41, 159)  hsl(321, 75%, 52%)  Mulberry
#9fe029  rgb(159, 224, 41)  hsl(81, 75%, 52%)  Inchworm