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#2BB8EA

#2bb8ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2bb8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 72.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.62% cyan, 21.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 195.71°, with 81.97% saturation and 54.31% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.4074

Complementary

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #ea5d2b

Split complementary

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #ea2b58
  3. #eabd2b

Analogous

  1. #2beabd
  2. #2bb8ea
  3. #2b58ea

Triadic

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #ea2bb8
  3. #b8ea2b

Tetradic

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #5d2bea
  3. #ea5d2b
  4. #b8ea2b

Square

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #bd2bea
  3. #ea5d2b
  4. #58ea2b

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5671
  2. #128bb6
  3. #2bb8ea
  4. #71cff1
  5. #b6e7f8

Shades

#2bb8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #27a6d3
  3. #2293bb
  4. #1e81a4
  5. #1a6e8c
  6. #165c75
  7. #114a5e
  8. #0d3746
  9. #09252f
  10. #041217
  11. #000000

Tints

#2bb8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #40bfec
  3. #55c6ee
  4. #6bcdf0
  5. #80d4f2
  6. #95dcf5
  7. #aae3f7
  8. #bfeaf9
  9. #d5f1fb
  10. #eaf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2bb8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2bb8ea
  2. #34b2df
  3. #3cadd5
  4. #45a7ca
  5. #4da2c0
  6. #569cb5
  7. #5e96aa
  8. #6791a0
  9. #6f8b95
  10. #78868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ab0c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb5ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a3e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fb6eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6cacea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2bb8ea {
  color: #2bb8ea;
}
Background
.bg-2bb8ea {
  background-color: #2bb8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2bb8ea {
  border: 2px solid #2bb8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2bb8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 184 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2bb8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bb8ea, #2b58ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2bb8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 184 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.61 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.78 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.87 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.92 #d44715 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#2bb8ea  rgb(43, 184, 234)  hsl(196, 82%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea5d2b  rgb(234, 93, 43)  hsl(16, 82%, 54%)  Flame
#ea2bb8  rgb(234, 43, 184)  hsl(316, 82%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#b8ea2b  rgb(184, 234, 43)  hsl(76, 82%, 54%)  Inchworm