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#2EAFFC

#2eaffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2eaffc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.75% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 202.43°, with 97.17% saturation and 58.43% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.3827

Complementary

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #fc7b2e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #fc2e48
  3. #fce22e

Analogous

  1. #2efce2
  2. #2eaffc
  3. #2e48fc

Triadic

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #fc2eaf
  3. #affc2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #7b2efc
  3. #fc7b2e
  4. #affc2e

Square

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #e22efc
  3. #fc7b2e
  4. #48fc2e

Monochromatic

  1. #025a8f
  2. #038ada
  3. #2eaffc
  4. #79ccfd
  5. #c5e9fe

Shades

#2eaffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #299ee3
  3. #258cca
  4. #207bb0
  5. #1c6997
  6. #17587e
  7. #124665
  8. #0e354c
  9. #092332
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #43b7fc
  3. #58bffd
  4. #6dc7fd
  5. #82cffd
  6. #97d7fe
  7. #abdffe
  8. #c0e7fe
  9. #d5effe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaffc
  2. #36aaf0
  3. #3ea6e3
  4. #47a1d7
  5. #4f9cca
  6. #5798be
  7. #5f93b2
  8. #678ea5
  9. #708999
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaffc {
  color: #2eaffc;
}
Background
.bg-2eaffc {
  background-color: #2eaffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaffc {
  border: 2px solid #2eaffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaffc, #2e48fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.56 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.65 #d15003 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaffc  rgb(46, 175, 252)  hsl(202, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc7b2e  rgb(252, 123, 46)  hsl(22, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2eaf  rgb(252, 46, 175)  hsl(322, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#affc2e  rgb(175, 252, 46)  hsl(82, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow