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#2FA4E4

#2fa4e4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa4e4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 64.31% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.39% cyan, 28.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 201.22°, with 77.02% saturation and 53.92% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.3276

Complementary

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #e46f2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #e42f49
  3. #e4ca2f

Analogous

  1. #2fe4ca
  2. #2fa4e4
  3. #2f49e4

Triadic

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #e42fa4
  3. #a4e42f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #6f2fe4
  3. #e46f2f
  4. #a4e42f

Square

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #ca2fe4
  3. #e46f2f
  4. #49e42f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4b6c
  2. #177ab0
  3. #2fa4e4
  4. #73c2ed
  5. #b6dff6

Shades

#2fa4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #2a94cd
  3. #2683b6
  4. #2173a0
  5. #1c6289
  6. #185272
  7. #13425b
  8. #0e3144
  9. #09212e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #44ade7
  3. #59b6e9
  4. #6dbfec
  5. #82c8ef
  6. #97d2f2
  7. #acdbf4
  8. #c1e4f7
  9. #d5edfa
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4e4
  2. #37a0da
  3. #3f9dd0
  4. #4799c6
  5. #4f96bc
  6. #5892b2
  7. #608ea8
  8. #688b9e
  9. #708794
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a4e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d94e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da4e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9ae3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4e4 {
  color: #2fa4e4;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4e4 {
  background-color: #2fa4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 77% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4e4, #2f49e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.22 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.40 #d05b1b Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4e4  rgb(47, 164, 228)  hsl(201, 77%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e46f2f  rgb(228, 111, 47)  hsl(21, 77%, 54%)  Chocolate
#e42fa4  rgb(228, 47, 164)  hsl(321, 77%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e42f  rgb(164, 228, 47)  hsl(81, 77%, 54%)  Inchworm