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#2EA2EC

#2ea2ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea2ec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.51% cyan, 31.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 203.37°, with 83.33% saturation and 55.29% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.5.

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Relative luminance0.3248

Complementary

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #ec782e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #ec2e43
  3. #ecd72e

Analogous

  1. #2eecd7
  2. #2ea2ec
  3. #2e43ec

Triadic

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #ec2ea2
  3. #a2ec2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #782eec
  3. #ec782e
  4. #a2ec2e

Square

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #d72eec
  3. #ec782e
  4. #43ec2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4c76
  2. #117abc
  3. #2ea2ec
  4. #74c1f2
  5. #bae0f9

Shades

#2ea2ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #2992d4
  3. #2582bd
  4. #2071a5
  5. #1c618e
  6. #175176
  7. #12415e
  8. #0e3147
  9. #09202f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #43abee
  3. #58b5f0
  4. #6dbef2
  5. #82c7f4
  6. #97d1f6
  7. #abdaf7
  8. #c0e3f9
  9. #d5ecfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2ec
  2. #369fe1
  3. #3e9bd6
  4. #4798cc
  5. #4f94c1
  6. #5791b6
  7. #5f8eab
  8. #678aa0
  9. #708796
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9dc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa4ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6593eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a3ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5499eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2ec {
  color: #2ea2ec;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2ec {
  background-color: #2ea2ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2ec {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2ec, #2e43ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.94 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.41 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.58 #d15d13 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2ec  rgb(46, 162, 236)  hsl(203, 83%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ec782e  rgb(236, 120, 46)  hsl(23, 83%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ec2ea2  rgb(236, 46, 162)  hsl(323, 83%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a2ec2e  rgb(162, 236, 46)  hsl(83, 83%, 55%)  Inchworm