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#2B99DA

#2b99da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2b99da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 60% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.28% cyan, 29.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 202.29°, with 70.28% saturation and 51.18% 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 6.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2836

Complementary

  1. #2b99da
  2. #da6c2b

Split complementary

  1. #2b99da
  2. #da2b42
  3. #dac42b

Analogous

  1. #2bdac4
  2. #2b99da
  3. #2b42da

Triadic

  1. #2b99da
  2. #da2b99
  3. #99da2b

Tetradic

  1. #2b99da
  2. #6c2bda
  3. #da6c2b
  4. #99da2b

Square

  1. #2b99da
  2. #c42bda
  3. #da6c2b
  4. #42da2b

Monochromatic

  1. #10405c
  2. #1b6d9d
  3. #2b99da
  4. #6cb8e5
  5. #add8f1

Shades

#2b99da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2b99da
  2. #278ac4
  3. #227aae
  4. #1e6b99
  5. #1a5c83
  6. #164d6d
  7. #113d57
  8. #0d2e41
  9. #091f2c
  10. #040f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2b99da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2b99da
  2. #40a3de
  3. #55ade1
  4. #6bb8e5
  5. #80c2e9
  6. #95cced
  7. #aad6f0
  8. #bfe0f4
  9. #d5ebf8
  10. #eaf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2b99da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2b99da
  2. #3497d1
  3. #3c94c8
  4. #4592bf
  5. #4d8fb6
  6. #568dad
  7. #5e8aa4
  8. #67889b
  9. #6f8592
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7694b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a9add ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #628ad9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649adc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5290d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2b99da {
  color: #2b99da;
}
Background
.bg-2b99da {
  background-color: #2b99da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2b99da {
  border: 2px solid #2b99da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2b99da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 153 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 70% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2b99da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2b99da, #2b42da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2b99da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 153 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.19 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.35 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.64 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.66 #d46625 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2b99da  rgb(43, 153, 218)  hsl(202, 70%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#da6c2b  rgb(218, 108, 43)  hsl(22, 70%, 51%)  Chocolate
#da2b99  rgb(218, 43, 153)  hsl(322, 70%, 51%)  Mulberry
#99da2b  rgb(153, 218, 43)  hsl(82, 70%, 51%)  Yellow Green