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#2DAFFE

#2daffe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2daffe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.28% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 202.68°, with 99.05% saturation and 58.63% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.99.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3837

Complementary

  1. #2daffe
  2. #fe7c2d

Split complementary

  1. #2daffe
  2. #fe2d47
  3. #fee52d

Analogous

  1. #2dfee5
  2. #2daffe
  3. #2d47fe

Triadic

  1. #2daffe
  2. #fe2daf
  3. #affe2d

Tetradic

  1. #2daffe
  2. #7c2dfe
  3. #fe7c2d
  4. #affe2d

Square

  1. #2daffe
  2. #e52dfe
  3. #fe7c2d
  4. #47fe2d

Monochromatic

  1. #015b91
  2. #018add
  3. #2daffe
  4. #79ccfe
  5. #c5e9ff

Shades

#2daffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2daffe
  2. #299ee5
  3. #248ccb
  4. #207bb2
  5. #1b6998
  6. #17587f
  7. #124666
  8. #0e354c
  9. #092333
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#2daffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2daffe
  2. #42b7fe
  3. #57bffe
  4. #6cc7fe
  5. #81cffe
  6. #96d7ff
  7. #abdfff
  8. #c0e7ff
  9. #d5efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2daffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2daffe
  2. #35aaf1
  3. #3ea6e5
  4. #46a1d8
  5. #4e9ccc
  6. #5798bf
  7. #5f93b2
  8. #678ea6
  9. #6f8999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2daffe {
  color: #2daffe;
}
Background
.bg-2daffe {
  background-color: #2daffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2daffe {
  border: 2px solid #2daffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2daffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 99% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2daffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2daffe, #2d47fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2daffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.53 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.77 #d25001 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2daffe  rgb(45, 175, 254)  hsl(203, 99%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7c2d  rgb(254, 124, 45)  hsl(23, 99%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#fe2daf  rgb(254, 45, 175)  hsl(323, 99%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#affe2d  rgb(175, 254, 45)  hsl(83, 99%, 59%)  Green Yellow