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#29A4FA

#29a4fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#29a4fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.6% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.69°, 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 7.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.64.

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Relative luminance0.3392

Complementary

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #fa7f29

Split complementary

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #fa293c
  3. #fae829

Analogous

  1. #29fae8
  2. #29a4fa
  3. #293cfa

Triadic

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #fa29a4
  3. #a4fa29

Tetradic

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #7f29fa
  3. #fa7f29
  4. #a4fa29

Square

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #e829fa
  3. #fa7f29
  4. #3cfa29

Monochromatic

  1. #035187
  2. #057dd2
  3. #29a4fa
  4. #74c4fc
  5. #bfe4fd

Shades

#29a4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #2594e1
  3. #2183c8
  4. #1d73af
  5. #196296
  6. #15527d
  7. #104264
  8. #0c314b
  9. #082132
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#29a4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #3eadfb
  3. #54b6fb
  4. #69bffc
  5. #7fc8fc
  6. #94d2fd
  7. #a9dbfd
  8. #bfe4fe
  9. #d4edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#29a4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #29a4fa
  2. #32a0ee
  3. #3a9de2
  4. #4399d5
  5. #4c96c9
  6. #5592bd
  7. #5d8eb1
  8. #668ba5
  9. #6f8798
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d95f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d9bf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-29a4fa {
  color: #29a4fa;
}
Background
.bg-29a4fa {
  background-color: #29a4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-29a4fa {
  border: 2px solid #29a4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #29a4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-29a4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #29a4fa, #293cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-29a4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.07 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.09 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.27 #d65b05 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#29a4fa  rgb(41, 164, 250)  hsl(205, 95%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fa7f29  rgb(250, 127, 41)  hsl(25, 95%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fa29a4  rgb(250, 41, 164)  hsl(325, 95%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a4fa29  rgb(164, 250, 41)  hsl(85, 95%, 57%)  Green Yellow