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#299FF2

#299ff2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#299ff2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 62.35% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.06% cyan, 34.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 204.78°, with 88.55% saturation and 55.49% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3168

Complementary

  1. #299ff2
  2. #f27c29

Split complementary

  1. #299ff2
  2. #f2293a
  3. #f2e129

Analogous

  1. #29f2e1
  2. #299ff2
  3. #293af2

Triadic

  1. #299ff2
  2. #f2299f
  3. #9ff229

Tetradic

  1. #299ff2
  2. #7c29f2
  3. #f27c29
  4. #9ff229

Square

  1. #299ff2
  2. #e129f2
  3. #f27c29
  4. #3af229

Monochromatic

  1. #074b7b
  2. #0c77c3
  3. #299ff2
  4. #71bff6
  5. #b9e0fb

Shades

#299ff2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299ff2
  2. #258fda
  3. #217fc2
  4. #1d6fa9
  5. #195f91
  6. #155079
  7. #104061
  8. #0c3049
  9. #082030
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#299ff2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299ff2
  2. #3ea9f3
  3. #54b2f5
  4. #69bcf6
  5. #7fc5f7
  6. #94cff9
  7. #a9d9fa
  8. #bfe2fb
  9. #d4ecfc
  10. #eaf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299ff2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299ff2
  2. #329ce7
  3. #3a99db
  4. #4396d0
  5. #4c93c4
  6. #5590b9
  7. #5d8cae
  8. #6689a2
  9. #6f8697
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a2f5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b91f0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a1f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c97f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299ff2 {
  color: #299ff2;
}
Background
.bg-299ff2 {
  background-color: #299ff2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299ff2 {
  border: 2px solid #299ff2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299ff2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 89% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299ff2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299ff2, #293af2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299ff2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.47 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.70 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.40 #d6600d Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299ff2  rgb(41, 159, 242)  hsl(205, 89%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#f27c29  rgb(242, 124, 41)  hsl(25, 89%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#f2299f  rgb(242, 41, 159)  hsl(325, 89%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9ff229  rgb(159, 242, 41)  hsl(85, 89%, 55%)  Spring Bud