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#2C99CE

#2c99ce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2c99ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 60% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.64% cyan, 25.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 199.63°, with 64.8% saturation and 49.02% 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 6.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.19.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2777

Complementary

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #ce612c

Split complementary

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #ce2c48
  3. #ceb22c

Analogous

  1. #2cceb2
  2. #2c99ce
  3. #2c48ce

Triadic

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #ce2c99
  3. #99ce2c

Tetradic

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #612cce
  3. #ce612c
  4. #99ce2c

Square

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #b22cce
  3. #ce612c
  4. #48ce2c

Monochromatic

  1. #113b50
  2. #1f6a8f
  3. #2c99ce
  4. #68b8df
  5. #a7d5ec

Shades

#2c99ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #288ab9
  3. #237aa5
  4. #1f6b90
  5. #1a5c7c
  6. #164d67
  7. #123d52
  8. #0d2e3e
  9. #091f29
  10. #040f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2c99ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #41a3d3
  3. #56add8
  4. #6bb8dd
  5. #80c2e2
  6. #96cce7
  7. #abd6eb
  8. #c0e0f0
  9. #d5ebf5
  10. #eaf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2c99ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2c99ce
  2. #3497c6
  3. #3d94be
  4. #4592b7
  5. #4e8faf
  6. #568da7
  7. #5e8a9f
  8. #678897
  9. #6f8590
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7594ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f98d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a89cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6898cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5790cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a1ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2c99ce {
  color: #2c99ce;
}
Background
.bg-2c99ce {
  background-color: #2c99ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2c99ce {
  border: 2px solid #2c99ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2c99ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 153 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2c99ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2c99ce, #2c48ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2c99ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 153 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.19 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.72 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.57 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.90 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.21 #d36631 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2c99ce  rgb(44, 153, 206)  hsl(200, 65%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ce612c  rgb(206, 97, 44)  hsl(20, 65%, 49%)  Flame
#ce2c99  rgb(206, 44, 153)  hsl(320, 65%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#99ce2c  rgb(153, 206, 44)  hsl(80, 65%, 49%)  Yellow Green