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#2CA2CD

#2ca2cd ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca2cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.54% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.02°, with 64.66% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.71.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3078

Complementary

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #cd572c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #cd2c52
  3. #cda72c

Analogous

  1. #2ccda7
  2. #2ca2cd
  3. #2c52cd

Triadic

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #cd2ca2
  3. #a2cd2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #572ccd
  3. #cd572c
  4. #a2cd2c

Square

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #a72ccd
  3. #cd572c
  4. #52cd2c

Monochromatic

  1. #113e4f
  2. #1e708e
  3. #2ca2cd
  4. #67bfde
  5. #a6d9ec

Shades

#2ca2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #2892b9
  3. #2382a4
  4. #1f7190
  5. #1a617b
  6. #165167
  7. #124152
  8. #0d313e
  9. #092029
  10. #041015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #41abd2
  3. #56b5d7
  4. #6bbedc
  5. #80c7e1
  6. #96d1e6
  7. #abdaeb
  8. #c0e3f0
  9. #d5ecf5
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca2cd
  2. #349fc5
  3. #3d9bbe
  4. #4598b6
  5. #4e94ae
  6. #5691a7
  7. #5e8e9f
  8. #678a97
  9. #6f878f
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7690cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6198cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca2cd {
  color: #2ca2cd;
}
Background
.bg-2ca2cd {
  background-color: #2ca2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca2cd {
  border: 2px solid #2ca2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca2cd, #2c52cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.71 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.76 #d35d32 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#2ca2cd  rgb(44, 162, 205)  hsl(196, 65%, 49%)  Bondi Blue
#cd572c  rgb(205, 87, 44)  hsl(16, 65%, 49%)  Flame
#cd2ca2  rgb(205, 44, 162)  hsl(316, 65%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2cd2c  rgb(162, 205, 44)  hsl(76, 65%, 49%)  Yellow Green