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#299FFA

#299ffa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#299ffa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.6% cyan, 36.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.12°, with 95.43% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.78.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3217

Complementary

  1. #299ffa
  2. #fa8429

Split complementary

  1. #299ffa
  2. #fa2937
  3. #faec29

Analogous

  1. #29faec
  2. #299ffa
  3. #2937fa

Triadic

  1. #299ffa
  2. #fa299f
  3. #9ffa29

Tetradic

  1. #299ffa
  2. #8429fa
  3. #fa8429
  4. #9ffa29

Square

  1. #299ffa
  2. #ec29fa
  3. #fa8429
  4. #37fa29

Monochromatic

  1. #034e87
  2. #0578d2
  3. #299ffa
  4. #74c1fc
  5. #bfe2fd

Shades

#299ffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299ffa
  2. #258fe1
  3. #217fc8
  4. #1d6faf
  5. #195f96
  6. #15507d
  7. #104064
  8. #0c304b
  9. #082032
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#299ffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299ffa
  2. #3ea9fb
  3. #54b2fb
  4. #69bcfc
  5. #7fc5fc
  6. #94cffd
  7. #a9d9fd
  8. #bfe2fe
  9. #d4ecfe
  10. #eaf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299ffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299ffa
  2. #329cee
  3. #3a99e2
  4. #4396d5
  5. #4c93c9
  6. #5590bd
  7. #5d8cb1
  8. #6689a5
  9. #6f8698
  10. #77838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9cc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a4fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5491f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ea2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4697f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299ffa {
  color: #299ffa;
}
Background
.bg-299ffa {
  background-color: #299ffa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299ffa {
  border: 2px solid #299ffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299ffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299ffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299ffa, #2937fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299ffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.78 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.29 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.18 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.93 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.41 #d66005 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299ffa  rgb(41, 159, 250)  hsl(206, 95%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fa8429  rgb(250, 132, 41)  hsl(26, 95%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa299f  rgb(250, 41, 159)  hsl(326, 95%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9ffa29  rgb(159, 250, 41)  hsl(86, 95%, 57%)  Green Yellow