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#299FE5

#299fe5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299fe5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.1% cyan, 30.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 202.34°, with 78.33% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.3092

Complementary

  1. #299fe5
  2. #e56f29

Split complementary

  1. #299fe5
  2. #e52941
  3. #e5cd29

Analogous

  1. #29e5cd
  2. #299fe5
  3. #2941e5

Triadic

  1. #299fe5
  2. #e5299f
  3. #9fe529

Tetradic

  1. #299fe5
  2. #6f29e5
  3. #e56f29
  4. #9fe529

Square

  1. #299fe5
  2. #cd29e5
  3. #e56f29
  4. #41e529

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4668
  2. #1574ad
  3. #299fe5
  4. #6dbeed
  5. #b1dcf6

Shades

#299fe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fe5
  2. #258fce
  3. #217fb7
  4. #1d6fa0
  5. #195f89
  6. #155073
  7. #10405c
  8. #0c3045
  9. #08202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fe5
  2. #3ea9e8
  3. #54b2ea
  4. #69bced
  5. #7fc5ef
  6. #94cff2
  7. #a9d9f5
  8. #bfe2f7
  9. #d4ecfa
  10. #eaf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fe5
  2. #329cdb
  3. #3a99d1
  4. #4396c7
  5. #4c93bd
  6. #5590b3
  7. #5d8ca8
  8. #66899e
  9. #6f8694
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9abb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea0e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648fe4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5396e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fe5 {
  color: #299fe5;
}
Background
.bg-299fe5 {
  background-color: #299fe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fe5 {
  border: 2px solid #299fe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 78% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fe5, #2941e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 229 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.85 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.88 #d6601a Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fe5  rgb(41, 159, 229)  hsl(202, 78%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e56f29  rgb(229, 111, 41)  hsl(22, 78%, 53%)  Chocolate
#e5299f  rgb(229, 41, 159)  hsl(322, 78%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fe529  rgb(159, 229, 41)  hsl(82, 78%, 53%)  Inchworm