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#2FA2EA

#2fa2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.1°, with 81.66% saturation and 55.1% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.35.

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Relative luminance0.3239

Complementary

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #ea772f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #ea2f45
  3. #ead42f

Analogous

  1. #2fead4
  2. #2fa2ea
  3. #2f45ea

Triadic

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #ea2fa2
  3. #a2ea2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #772fea
  3. #ea772f
  4. #a2ea2f

Square

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #d42fea
  3. #ea772f
  4. #45ea2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4c74
  2. #1379ba
  3. #2fa2ea
  4. #74c1f1
  5. #bae0f8

Shades

#2fa2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #2a92d3
  3. #2682bb
  4. #2171a4
  5. #1c618c
  6. #185175
  7. #13415e
  8. #0e3146
  9. #09202f
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #44abec
  3. #59b5ee
  4. #6dbef0
  5. #82c7f2
  6. #97d1f5
  7. #acdaf7
  8. #c1e3f9
  9. #d5ecfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa2ea
  2. #379fdf
  3. #3f9bd5
  4. #4798ca
  5. #4f94c0
  6. #5891b5
  7. #608eaa
  8. #688aa0
  9. #708795
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6693e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5599e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa2ea {
  color: #2fa2ea;
}
Background
.bg-2fa2ea {
  background-color: #2fa2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa2ea {
  border: 2px solid #2fa2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa2ea, #2f45ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.58 #d05d15 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa2ea  rgb(47, 162, 234)  hsl(203, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea772f  rgb(234, 119, 47)  hsl(23, 82%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ea2fa2  rgb(234, 47, 162)  hsl(323, 82%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a2ea2f  rgb(162, 234, 47)  hsl(83, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm