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#2BAFFC

#2baffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2baffc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.94% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 202.11°, with 97.21% saturation and 57.84% 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 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.91.

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Relative luminance0.382

Complementary

  1. #2baffc
  2. #fc782b

Split complementary

  1. #2baffc
  2. #fc2b46
  3. #fce12b

Analogous

  1. #2bfce1
  2. #2baffc
  3. #2b46fc

Triadic

  1. #2baffc
  2. #fc2baf
  3. #affc2b

Tetradic

  1. #2baffc
  2. #782bfc
  3. #fc782b
  4. #affc2b

Square

  1. #2baffc
  2. #e12bfc
  3. #fc782b
  4. #46fc2b

Monochromatic

  1. #02598c
  2. #0389d7
  3. #2baffc
  4. #76cbfd
  5. #c2e8fe

Shades

#2baffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2baffc
  2. #279ee3
  3. #228cca
  4. #1e7bb0
  5. #1a6997
  6. #16587e
  7. #114665
  8. #0d354c
  9. #092332
  10. #041219
  11. #000000

Tints

#2baffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2baffc
  2. #40b7fc
  3. #55bffd
  4. #6bc7fd
  5. #80cffd
  6. #95d7fe
  7. #aadffe
  8. #bfe7fe
  9. #d5effe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2baffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2baffc
  2. #34aaf0
  3. #3ca6e3
  4. #45a1d7
  5. #4d9cca
  6. #5698be
  7. #5e93b2
  8. #678ea5
  9. #6f8999
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86aace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2baffc {
  color: #2baffc;
}
Background
.bg-2baffc {
  background-color: #2baffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2baffc {
  border: 2px solid #2baffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2baffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2baffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2baffc, #2b46fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2baffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.91 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.23 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.75 #d45003 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2baffc  rgb(43, 175, 252)  hsl(202, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc782b  rgb(252, 120, 43)  hsl(22, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2baf  rgb(252, 43, 175)  hsl(322, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#affc2b  rgb(175, 252, 43)  hsl(82, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow