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#299FFC

#299ffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#299ffc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.73% cyan, 36.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 206.45°, with 97.24% saturation and 57.45% 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 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Relative luminance0.323

Complementary

  1. #299ffc
  2. #fc8629

Split complementary

  1. #299ffc
  2. #fc2935
  3. #fcf029

Analogous

  1. #29fcf0
  2. #299ffc
  3. #2935fc

Triadic

  1. #299ffc
  2. #fc299f
  3. #9ffc29

Tetradic

  1. #299ffc
  2. #8629fc
  3. #fc8629
  4. #9ffc29

Square

  1. #299ffc
  2. #f029fc
  3. #fc8629
  4. #35fc29

Monochromatic

  1. #024e8a
  2. #0379d6
  3. #299ffc
  4. #74c1fd
  5. #c0e3fe

Shades

#299ffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299ffc
  2. #258fe3
  3. #217fca
  4. #1d6fb0
  5. #195f97
  6. #15507e
  7. #104065
  8. #0c304c
  9. #082032
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#299ffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299ffc
  2. #3ea9fc
  3. #54b2fd
  4. #69bcfd
  5. #7fc5fd
  6. #94cffe
  7. #a9d9fe
  8. #bfe2fe
  9. #d4ecfe
  10. #eaf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299ffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299ffc
  2. #329cf0
  3. #3a99e3
  4. #4396d7
  5. #4c93ca
  6. #5590be
  7. #5d8cb2
  8. #6689a5
  9. #6f8699
  10. #77838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9cc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #72a4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5292fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da2fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4597fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00addb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299ffc {
  color: #299ffc;
}
Background
.bg-299ffc {
  background-color: #299ffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299ffc {
  border: 2px solid #299ffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299ffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 97% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299ffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299ffc, #2935fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299ffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.55 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.07 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.41 #d66003 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299ffc  rgb(41, 159, 252)  hsl(206, 97%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fc8629  rgb(252, 134, 41)  hsl(26, 97%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#fc299f  rgb(252, 41, 159)  hsl(326, 97%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9ffc29  rgb(159, 252, 41)  hsl(86, 97%, 57%)  Green Yellow