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#2DAFFC

#2daffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2daffc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.14% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 202.32°, with 97.18% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.89.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3825

Complementary

  1. #2daffc
  2. #fc7a2d

Split complementary

  1. #2daffc
  2. #fc2d48
  3. #fce22d

Analogous

  1. #2dfce2
  2. #2daffc
  3. #2d48fc

Triadic

  1. #2daffc
  2. #fc2daf
  3. #affc2d

Tetradic

  1. #2daffc
  2. #7a2dfc
  3. #fc7a2d
  4. #affc2d

Square

  1. #2daffc
  2. #e22dfc
  3. #fc7a2d
  4. #48fc2d

Monochromatic

  1. #025a8e
  2. #038ad9
  3. #2daffc
  4. #78ccfd
  5. #c4e8fe

Shades

#2daffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2daffc
  2. #299ee3
  3. #248cca
  4. #207bb0
  5. #1b6997
  6. #17587e
  7. #124665
  8. #0e354c
  9. #092332
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#2daffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2daffc
  2. #42b7fc
  3. #57bffd
  4. #6cc7fd
  5. #81cffd
  6. #96d7fe
  7. #abdffe
  8. #c0e7fe
  9. #d5effe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2daffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2daffc
  2. #35aaf0
  3. #3ea6e3
  4. #46a1d7
  5. #4e9cca
  6. #5798be
  7. #5f93b2
  8. #678ea5
  9. #6f8999
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 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 #71b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2daffc {
  color: #2daffc;
}
Background
.bg-2daffc {
  background-color: #2daffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2daffc {
  border: 2px solid #2daffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2daffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2daffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2daffc, #2d48fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2daffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.89 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.05 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.23 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.56 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.69 #d25003 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2daffc  rgb(45, 175, 252)  hsl(202, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc7a2d  rgb(252, 122, 45)  hsl(22, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2daf  rgb(252, 45, 175)  hsl(322, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#affc2d  rgb(175, 252, 45)  hsl(82, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow