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#299FE1

#299fe1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299fe1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 62.35% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.78% cyan, 29.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 201.52°, with 75.41% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.18.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.307

Complementary

  1. #299fe1
  2. #e16b29

Split complementary

  1. #299fe1
  2. #e12943
  3. #e1c729

Analogous

  1. #29e1c7
  2. #299fe1
  3. #2943e1

Triadic

  1. #299fe1
  2. #e1299f
  3. #9fe129

Tetradic

  1. #299fe1
  2. #6b29e1
  3. #e16b29
  4. #9fe129

Square

  1. #299fe1
  2. #c729e1
  3. #e16b29
  4. #43e129

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4563
  2. #1773a6
  3. #299fe1
  4. #6cbdea
  5. #afdbf4

Shades

#299fe1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fe1
  2. #258fcb
  3. #217fb4
  4. #1d6f9e
  5. #195f87
  6. #155071
  7. #10405a
  8. #0c3044
  9. #08202d
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fe1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fe1
  2. #3ea9e4
  3. #54b2e7
  4. #69bcea
  5. #7fc5ed
  6. #94cff0
  7. #a9d9f3
  8. #bfe2f6
  9. #d4ecf9
  10. #eaf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fe1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fe1
  2. #329cd7
  3. #3a99ce
  4. #4396c4
  5. #4c93ba
  6. #5590b1
  7. #5d8ca7
  8. #66899d
  9. #6f8693
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9ab9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #678fe0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689fe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5596e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fe1 {
  color: #299fe1;
}
Background
.bg-299fe1 {
  background-color: #299fe1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fe1 {
  border: 2px solid #299fe1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fe1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 75% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fe1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fe1, #2943e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fe1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.81 #d6601e Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fe1  rgb(41, 159, 225)  hsl(202, 75%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#e16b29  rgb(225, 107, 41)  hsl(22, 75%, 52%)  Chocolate
#e1299f  rgb(225, 41, 159)  hsl(322, 75%, 52%)  Mulberry
#9fe129  rgb(159, 225, 41)  hsl(82, 75%, 52%)  Inchworm