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#2D91C8

#2d91c8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2d91c8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 56.86% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.5% cyan, 27.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 201.29°, with 63.27% saturation and 48.04% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.66.

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Relative luminance0.2498

Complementary

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #c8642d

Split complementary

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #c82d43
  3. #c8b22d

Analogous

  1. #2dc8b2
  2. #2d91c8
  3. #2d43c8

Triadic

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #c82d91
  3. #91c82d

Tetradic

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #642dc8
  3. #c8642d
  4. #91c82d

Square

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #b22dc8
  3. #c8642d
  4. #43c82d

Monochromatic

  1. #11364b
  2. #1f648a
  3. #2d91c8
  4. #65b2dc
  5. #a4d1ea

Shades

#2d91c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #2983b4
  3. #2474a0
  4. #20668c
  5. #1b5778
  6. #174964
  7. #123a50
  8. #0e2c3c
  9. #091d28
  10. #050f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2d91c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #429cce
  3. #57a7d3
  4. #6cb2d9
  5. #81bdde
  6. #96c8e4
  7. #abd3e9
  8. #c0deef
  9. #d5e9f4
  10. #eaf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2d91c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2d91c8
  2. #358fc1
  3. #3e8eba
  4. #468cb2
  5. #4e8aab
  6. #5789a4
  7. #5f879d
  8. #678596
  9. #6f838e
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8ca6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7791ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6283c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6191ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5289c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2d91c8 {
  color: #2d91c8;
}
Background
.bg-2d91c8 {
  background-color: #2d91c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2d91c8 {
  border: 2px solid #2d91c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2d91c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 145 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 63% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2d91c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2d91c8, #2d43c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2d91c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 145 200 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.29 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.90 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.10 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.98 #d26e37 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2d91c8  rgb(45, 145, 200)  hsl(201, 63%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#c8642d  rgb(200, 100, 45)  hsl(21, 63%, 48%)  Chocolate
#c82d91  rgb(200, 45, 145)  hsl(321, 63%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#91c82d  rgb(145, 200, 45)  hsl(81, 63%, 48%)  Yellow Green