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#2CA2EB

#2ca2eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca2eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.28% cyan, 31.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 202.93°, with 82.68% saturation and 54.71% 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 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.48.

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Relative luminance0.3237

Complementary

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #eb752c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #eb2c43
  3. #ebd42c

Analogous

  1. #2cebd4
  2. #2ca2eb
  3. #2c43eb

Triadic

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #eb2ca2
  3. #a2eb2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #752ceb
  3. #eb752c
  4. #a2eb2c

Square

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #d42ceb
  3. #eb752c
  4. #43eb2c

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4b73
  2. #1279b9
  3. #2ca2eb
  4. #72c1f2
  5. #b8e0f8

Shades

#2ca2eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #2892d4
  3. #2382bc
  4. #1f71a5
  5. #1a618d
  6. #165176
  7. #12415e
  8. #0d3147
  9. #09202f
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca2eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #41abed
  3. #56b5ef
  4. #6bbef1
  5. #80c7f3
  6. #96d1f5
  7. #abdaf7
  8. #c0e3f9
  9. #d5ecfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca2eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca2eb
  2. #349fe0
  3. #3d9bd6
  4. #4598cb
  5. #4e94c0
  6. #5691b6
  7. #5e8eab
  8. #678aa0
  9. #6f8795
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9dc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa4ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6592ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a3ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5499ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca2eb {
  color: #2ca2eb;
}
Background
.bg-2ca2eb {
  background-color: #2ca2eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca2eb {
  border: 2px solid #2ca2eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca2eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 162 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca2eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca2eb, #2c43eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca2eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 162 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.03 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.63 #d35d14 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca2eb  rgb(44, 162, 235)  hsl(203, 83%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#eb752c  rgb(235, 117, 44)  hsl(23, 83%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#eb2ca2  rgb(235, 44, 162)  hsl(323, 83%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a2eb2c  rgb(162, 235, 44)  hsl(83, 83%, 55%)  Inchworm