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#2EA0CD

#2ea0cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea0cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 62.75% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.56% cyan, 21.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.98°, with 63.35% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.13.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3013

Complementary

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #cd5b2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #cd2e51
  3. #cdab2e

Analogous

  1. #2ecdab
  2. #2ea0cd
  3. #2e51cd

Triadic

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #cd2ea0
  3. #a0cd2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #5b2ecd
  3. #cd5b2e
  4. #a0cd2e

Square

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #ab2ecd
  3. #cd5b2e
  4. #51cd2e

Monochromatic

  1. #123e50
  2. #206f8f
  3. #2ea0cd
  4. #6abdde
  5. #a8d9ec

Shades

#2ea0cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #2990b9
  3. #2580a4
  4. #207090
  5. #1c607b
  6. #175067
  7. #124052
  8. #0e303e
  9. #092029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea0cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #43aad2
  3. #58b3d7
  4. #6dbddc
  5. #82c6e1
  6. #97d0e6
  7. #abd9eb
  8. #c0e3f0
  9. #d5ecf5
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea0cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea0cd
  2. #369dc5
  3. #3e9abe
  4. #4796b6
  5. #4f93ae
  6. #5790a7
  7. #5f8d9f
  8. #678a97
  9. #70868f
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799aae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #899ecf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #748fcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9fce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f96cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea0cd {
  color: #2ea0cd;
}
Background
.bg-2ea0cd {
  background-color: #2ea0cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea0cd {
  border: 2px solid #2ea0cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea0cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 160 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 63% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea0cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea0cd, #2e51cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea0cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 160 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.13 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.35 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.55 #d15f32 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea0cd  rgb(46, 160, 205)  hsl(197, 63%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5b2e  rgb(205, 91, 46)  hsl(17, 63%, 49%)  Flame
#cd2ea0  rgb(205, 46, 160)  hsl(317, 63%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a0cd2e  rgb(160, 205, 46)  hsl(77, 63%, 49%)  Yellow Green