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#2EA2FF

#2ea2ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea2ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.96% cyan, 36.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 206.7°, with 100% saturation and 59.02% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.06.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3364

Complementary

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #ff8b2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #ff2e39
  3. #fff42e

Analogous

  1. #2efff4
  2. #2ea2ff
  3. #2e39ff

Triadic

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #ff2ea2
  3. #a2ff2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #8b2eff
  3. #ff8b2e
  4. #a2ff2e

Square

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #f42eff
  3. #ff8b2e
  4. #39ff2e

Monochromatic

  1. #005294
  2. #007de1
  3. #2ea2ff
  4. #7bc4ff
  5. #c7e6ff

Shades

#2ea2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #2992e6
  3. #2582cc
  4. #2071b3
  5. #1c6199
  6. #175180
  7. #124166
  8. #0e314d
  9. #092033
  10. #05101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #43abff
  3. #58b5ff
  4. #6dbeff
  5. #82c7ff
  6. #97d1ff
  7. #abdaff
  8. #c0e3ff
  9. #d5ecff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2ff
  2. #369ff2
  3. #3e9be6
  4. #4798d9
  5. #4f94cc
  6. #5791c0
  7. #5f8eb3
  8. #678aa6
  9. #708799
  10. #78838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9fcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5694fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #499afe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2ff {
  color: #2ea2ff;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2ff {
  background-color: #2ea2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2ff {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2ff, #2e39ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.35 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.24 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.59 #d15d00 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2ff  rgb(46, 162, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff8b2e  rgb(255, 139, 46)  hsl(27, 100%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#ff2ea2  rgb(255, 46, 162)  hsl(327, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a2ff2e  rgb(162, 255, 46)  hsl(87, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow