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#2EA2EE

#2ea2ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea2ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 63.53% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.67% cyan, 31.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 203.75°, with 84.96% saturation and 55.69% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.65.

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Relative luminance0.3259

Complementary

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #ee7a2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #ee2e42
  3. #eeda2e

Analogous

  1. #2eeeda
  2. #2ea2ee
  3. #2e42ee

Triadic

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #ee2ea2
  3. #a2ee2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #7a2eee
  3. #ee7a2e
  4. #a2ee2e

Square

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #da2eee
  3. #ee7a2e
  4. #42ee2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4d79
  2. #107ac0
  3. #2ea2ee
  4. #75c1f4
  5. #bce1fa

Shades

#2ea2ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #2992d6
  3. #2582be
  4. #2071a7
  5. #1c618f
  6. #175177
  7. #12415f
  8. #0e3147
  9. #092030
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #43abf0
  3. #58b5f1
  4. #6dbef3
  5. #82c7f5
  6. #97d1f7
  7. #abdaf8
  8. #c0e3fa
  9. #d5ecfc
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2ee
  2. #369fe3
  3. #3e9bd8
  4. #4798cd
  5. #4f94c2
  6. #5791b7
  7. #5f8eac
  8. #678aa1
  9. #708796
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea4f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6393ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a3f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5399ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2ee {
  color: #2ea2ee;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2ee {
  background-color: #2ea2ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2ee {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2ee, #2e42ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.66 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.56 #d15d11 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2ee  rgb(46, 162, 238)  hsl(204, 85%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7a2e  rgb(238, 122, 46)  hsl(24, 85%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ee2ea2  rgb(238, 46, 162)  hsl(324, 85%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a2ee2e  rgb(162, 238, 46)  hsl(84, 85%, 56%)  Spring Bud