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#299FE6

#299fe6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299fe6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.17% cyan, 30.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 202.54°, with 79.08% saturation and 53.14% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3098

Complementary

  1. #299fe6
  2. #e67029

Split complementary

  1. #299fe6
  2. #e62941
  3. #e6cf29

Analogous

  1. #29e6cf
  2. #299fe6
  3. #2941e6

Triadic

  1. #299fe6
  2. #e6299f
  3. #9fe629

Tetradic

  1. #299fe6
  2. #7029e6
  3. #e67029
  4. #9fe629

Square

  1. #299fe6
  2. #cf29e6
  3. #e67029
  4. #41e629

Monochromatic

  1. #0c476a
  2. #1474ae
  3. #299fe6
  4. #6ebeee
  5. #b2dcf6

Shades

#299fe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fe6
  2. #258fcf
  3. #217fb8
  4. #1d6fa1
  5. #195f8a
  6. #155073
  7. #10405c
  8. #0c3045
  9. #08202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fe6
  2. #3ea9e9
  3. #54b2eb
  4. #69bcee
  5. #7fc5f0
  6. #94cff3
  7. #a9d9f5
  8. #bfe2f8
  9. #d4ecfa
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fe6
  2. #329cdc
  3. #3a99d2
  4. #4396c7
  5. #4c93bd
  6. #5590b3
  7. #5d8ca9
  8. #66899f
  9. #6f8694
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9abc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da0e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6490e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5296e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fe6 {
  color: #299fe6;
}
Background
.bg-299fe6 {
  background-color: #299fe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fe6 {
  border: 2px solid #299fe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 79% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fe6, #2941e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.78 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.76 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.93 #d66019 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fe6  rgb(41, 159, 230)  hsl(203, 79%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e67029  rgb(230, 112, 41)  hsl(23, 79%, 53%)  Chocolate
#e6299f  rgb(230, 41, 159)  hsl(323, 79%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fe629  rgb(159, 230, 41)  hsl(83, 79%, 53%)  Inchworm