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#299FE3

#299fe3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299fe3 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 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.94% cyan, 29.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 201.94°, with 76.86% saturation and 52.55% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.22.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3081

Complementary

  1. #299fe3
  2. #e36d29

Split complementary

  1. #299fe3
  2. #e32942
  3. #e3ca29

Analogous

  1. #29e3ca
  2. #299fe3
  3. #2942e3

Triadic

  1. #299fe3
  2. #e3299f
  3. #9fe329

Tetradic

  1. #299fe3
  2. #6d29e3
  3. #e36d29
  4. #9fe329

Square

  1. #299fe3
  2. #ca29e3
  3. #e36d29
  4. #42e329

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4566
  2. #1674a9
  3. #299fe3
  4. #6dbdec
  5. #b0dcf5

Shades

#299fe3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fe3
  2. #258fcc
  3. #217fb6
  4. #1d6f9f
  5. #195f88
  6. #155072
  7. #10405b
  8. #0c3044
  9. #08202d
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fe3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fe3
  2. #3ea9e6
  3. #54b2e9
  4. #69bceb
  5. #7fc5ee
  6. #94cff1
  7. #a9d9f4
  8. #bfe2f7
  9. #d4ecf9
  10. #eaf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fe3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fe3
  2. #329cd9
  3. #3a99cf
  4. #4396c5
  5. #4c93bb
  6. #5590b2
  7. #5d8ca8
  8. #66899e
  9. #6f8694
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658fe2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a0e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5496e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fe3 {
  color: #299fe3;
}
Background
.bg-299fe3 {
  background-color: #299fe3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fe3 {
  border: 2px solid #299fe3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fe3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 77% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fe3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fe3, #2942e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fe3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.56 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.03 #d6601c Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fe3  rgb(41, 159, 227)  hsl(202, 77%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e36d29  rgb(227, 109, 41)  hsl(22, 77%, 53%)  Chocolate
#e3299f  rgb(227, 41, 159)  hsl(322, 77%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fe329  rgb(159, 227, 41)  hsl(82, 77%, 53%)  Inchworm