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#299FEA

#299fea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#299fea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 62.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.48% cyan, 32.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.32°, with 82.13% saturation and 53.92% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.3121

Complementary

  1. #299fea
  2. #ea7429

Split complementary

  1. #299fea
  2. #ea293e
  3. #ead529

Analogous

  1. #29ead5
  2. #299fea
  3. #293eea

Triadic

  1. #299fea
  2. #ea299f
  3. #9fea29

Tetradic

  1. #299fea
  2. #7429ea
  3. #ea7429
  4. #9fea29

Square

  1. #299fea
  2. #d529ea
  3. #ea7429
  4. #3eea29

Monochromatic

  1. #0b486f
  2. #1275b5
  3. #299fea
  4. #6fbef1
  5. #b4ddf8

Shades

#299fea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #299fea
  2. #258fd3
  3. #217fbb
  4. #1d6fa4
  5. #195f8c
  6. #155075
  7. #10405e
  8. #0c3046
  9. #08202f
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#299fea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #299fea
  2. #3ea9ec
  3. #54b2ee
  4. #69bcf0
  5. #7fc5f2
  6. #94cff5
  7. #a9d9f7
  8. #bfe2f9
  9. #d4ecfb
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#299fea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #299fea
  2. #329cdf
  3. #3a99d5
  4. #4396ca
  5. #4c93c0
  6. #5590b5
  7. #5d8caa
  8. #6689a0
  9. #6f8695
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6190e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a0ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5096e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-299fea {
  color: #299fea;
}
Background
.bg-299fea {
  background-color: #299fea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-299fea {
  border: 2px solid #299fea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #299fea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 159 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-299fea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #299fea, #293eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-299fea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 159 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.75 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.14 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.38 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.27 #d66015 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#299fea  rgb(41, 159, 234)  hsl(203, 82%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7429  rgb(234, 116, 41)  hsl(23, 82%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ea299f  rgb(234, 41, 159)  hsl(323, 82%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9fea29  rgb(159, 234, 41)  hsl(83, 82%, 54%)  Inchworm