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#2AAFFE

#2aaffe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aaffe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.46% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 202.36°, with 99.07% saturation and 58.04% 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 8.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.02.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3831

Complementary

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #fe792a

Split complementary

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #fe2a45
  3. #fee32a

Analogous

  1. #2afee3
  2. #2aaffe
  3. #2a45fe

Triadic

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #fe2aaf
  3. #affe2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #792afe
  3. #fe792a
  4. #affe2a

Square

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #e32afe
  3. #fe792a
  4. #45fe2a

Monochromatic

  1. #015a8e
  2. #0189da
  3. #2aaffe
  4. #76ccfe
  5. #c2e8ff

Shades

#2aaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #269ee5
  3. #228ccb
  4. #1d7bb2
  5. #196998
  6. #15587f
  7. #114666
  8. #0d354c
  9. #082333
  10. #041219
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #3fb7fe
  3. #55bffe
  4. #6ac7fe
  5. #7fcffe
  6. #95d7ff
  7. #aadfff
  8. #bfe7ff
  9. #d4efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aaffe
  2. #33aaf1
  3. #3ba6e5
  4. #44a1d8
  5. #4c9ccc
  6. #5598bf
  7. #5e93b2
  8. #668ea6
  9. #6f8999
  10. #77858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fb0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59a5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aaffe {
  color: #2aaffe;
}
Background
.bg-2aaffe {
  background-color: #2aaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aaffe {
  border: 2px solid #2aaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 99% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaffe, #2a45fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.02 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.16 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.79 #d55001 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aaffe  rgb(42, 175, 254)  hsl(202, 99%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fe792a  rgb(254, 121, 42)  hsl(22, 99%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fe2aaf  rgb(254, 42, 175)  hsl(322, 99%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#affe2a  rgb(175, 254, 42)  hsl(82, 99%, 58%)  Green Yellow