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#299FE7

#299fe7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#299fe7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.25% cyan, 31.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 202.74°, with 79.83% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3104

Complementary

  1. #299fe7
  2. #e77129

Split complementary

  1. #299fe7
  2. #e72940
  3. #e7d029

Analogous

  1. #29e7d0
  2. #299fe7
  3. #2940e7

Triadic

  1. #299fe7
  2. #e7299f
  3. #9fe729

Tetradic

  1. #299fe7
  2. #7129e7
  3. #e77129
  4. #9fe729

Square

  1. #299fe7
  2. #d029e7
  3. #e77129
  4. #40e729

Monochromatic

  1. #0c476b
  2. #1475b0
  3. #299fe7
  4. #6ebeef
  5. #b3ddf6

Shades

#299fe7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fe7
  2. #258fd0
  3. #217fb9
  4. #1d6fa2
  5. #195f8b
  6. #155074
  7. #10405c
  8. #0c3045
  9. #08202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fe7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fe7
  2. #3ea9e9
  3. #54b2ec
  4. #69bcee
  5. #7fc5f1
  6. #94cff3
  7. #a9d9f5
  8. #bfe2f8
  9. #d4ecfa
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fe7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fe7
  2. #329cdd
  3. #3a99d2
  4. #4396c8
  5. #4c93be
  6. #5590b4
  7. #5d8ca9
  8. #66899f
  9. #6f8695
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9abc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da1ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6390e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5296e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fe7 {
  color: #299fe7;
}
Background
.bg-299fe7 {
  background-color: #299fe7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fe7 {
  border: 2px solid #299fe7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fe7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 80% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fe7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fe7, #2940e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fe7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.67 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.65 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.01 #d66018 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fe7  rgb(41, 159, 231)  hsl(203, 80%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e77129  rgb(231, 113, 41)  hsl(23, 80%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#e7299f  rgb(231, 41, 159)  hsl(323, 80%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fe729  rgb(159, 231, 41)  hsl(83, 80%, 53%)  Inchworm