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#2EA2CD

#2ea2cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea2cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.56% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.23°, 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.69.

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Relative luminance0.3083

Complementary

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #cd592e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #cd2e52
  3. #cda92e

Analogous

  1. #2ecda9
  2. #2ea2cd
  3. #2e52cd

Triadic

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #cd2ea2
  3. #a2cd2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #592ecd
  3. #cd592e
  4. #a2cd2e

Square

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #a92ecd
  3. #cd592e
  4. #52cd2e

Monochromatic

  1. #123f50
  2. #20718f
  3. #2ea2cd
  4. #6abede
  5. #a8d9ec

Shades

#2ea2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #2992b9
  3. #2582a4
  4. #207190
  5. #1c617b
  6. #175167
  7. #124152
  8. #0e313e
  9. #092029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #43abd2
  3. #58b5d7
  4. #6dbedc
  5. #82c7e1
  6. #97d1e6
  7. #abdaeb
  8. #c0e3f0
  9. #d5ecf5
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2cd
  2. #369fc5
  3. #3e9bbe
  4. #4798b6
  5. #4f94ae
  6. #5791a7
  7. #5f8e9f
  8. #678a97
  9. #70878f
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7690cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6198cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2cd {
  color: #2ea2cd;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2cd {
  background-color: #2ea2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2cd {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 63% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2cd, #2e52cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.69 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.78 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.07 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.04 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.69 #d15d32 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2cd  rgb(46, 162, 205)  hsl(196, 63%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#cd592e  rgb(205, 89, 46)  hsl(16, 63%, 49%)  Flame
#cd2ea2  rgb(205, 46, 162)  hsl(316, 63%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2cd2e  rgb(162, 205, 46)  hsl(76, 63%, 49%)  Yellow Green