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#2EAEFD

#2eaefd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2eaefd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 68.24% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.82% cyan, 31.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 202.9°, with 98.1% saturation and 58.63% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.77.

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Relative luminance0.3794

Complementary

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #fd7d2e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #fd2e47
  3. #fde52e

Analogous

  1. #2efde5
  2. #2eaefd
  3. #2e47fd

Triadic

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #fd2eae
  3. #aefd2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #7d2efd
  3. #fd7d2e
  4. #aefd2e

Square

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #e52efd
  3. #fd7d2e
  4. #47fd2e

Monochromatic

  1. #015a91
  2. #0289dc
  3. #2eaefd
  4. #7acbfe
  5. #c6e9fe

Shades

#2eaefd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #299de4
  3. #258bca
  4. #207ab1
  5. #1c6898
  6. #17577f
  7. #124665
  8. #0e344c
  9. #092333
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaefd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #43b6fd
  3. #58befd
  4. #6dc6fe
  5. #82cefe
  6. #97d7fe
  7. #abdffe
  8. #c0e7fe
  9. #d5efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaefd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaefd
  2. #36a9f1
  3. #3ea5e4
  4. #47a0d8
  5. #4f9ccb
  6. #5797bf
  7. #5f92b2
  8. #678ea6
  9. #708999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9dfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa4fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaefd {
  color: #2eaefd;
}
Background
.bg-2eaefd {
  background-color: #2eaefd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaefd {
  border: 2px solid #2eaefd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaefd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 174 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 98% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaefd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaefd, #2e47fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaefd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 174 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.66 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.22 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.48 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.73 #d15102 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaefd  rgb(46, 174, 253)  hsl(203, 98%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fd7d2e  rgb(253, 125, 46)  hsl(23, 98%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#fd2eae  rgb(253, 46, 174)  hsl(323, 98%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aefd2e  rgb(174, 253, 46)  hsl(83, 98%, 59%)  Green Yellow