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#299FE4

#299fe4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299fe4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.02% cyan, 30.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 202.14°, with 77.59% saturation and 52.75% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.25.

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Relative luminance0.3087

Complementary

  1. #299fe4
  2. #e46e29

Split complementary

  1. #299fe4
  2. #e42942
  3. #e4cc29

Analogous

  1. #29e4cc
  2. #299fe4
  3. #2942e4

Triadic

  1. #299fe4
  2. #e4299f
  3. #9fe429

Tetradic

  1. #299fe4
  2. #6e29e4
  3. #e46e29
  4. #9fe429

Square

  1. #299fe4
  2. #cc29e4
  3. #e46e29
  4. #42e429

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4667
  2. #1674ab
  3. #299fe4
  4. #6dbded
  5. #b1dcf5

Shades

#299fe4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fe4
  2. #258fcd
  3. #217fb6
  4. #1d6fa0
  5. #195f89
  6. #155072
  7. #10405b
  8. #0c3044
  9. #08202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fe4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fe4
  2. #3ea9e7
  3. #54b2e9
  4. #69bcec
  5. #7fc5ef
  6. #94cff2
  7. #a9d9f4
  8. #bfe2f7
  9. #d4ecfa
  10. #eaf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fe4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fe4
  2. #329cda
  3. #3a99d0
  4. #4396c6
  5. #4c93bc
  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 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9abb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea0e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658fe3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a0e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5396e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fe4 {
  color: #299fe4;
}
Background
.bg-299fe4 {
  background-color: #299fe4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fe4 {
  border: 2px solid #299fe4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fe4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 78% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fe4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fe4, #2942e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fe4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.99 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.99 #d6601b Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fe4  rgb(41, 159, 228)  hsl(202, 78%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e46e29  rgb(228, 110, 41)  hsl(22, 78%, 53%)  Chocolate
#e4299f  rgb(228, 41, 159)  hsl(322, 78%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fe429  rgb(159, 228, 41)  hsl(82, 78%, 53%)  Inchworm