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#2FA4E7

#2fa4e7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa4e7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.65% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 201.85°, with 79.31% saturation and 54.51% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.3292

Complementary

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #e7722f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #e72f48
  3. #e7ce2f

Analogous

  1. #2fe7ce
  2. #2fa4e7
  3. #2f48e7

Triadic

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #e72fa4
  3. #a4e72f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #722fe7
  3. #e7722f
  4. #a4e72f

Square

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #ce2fe7
  3. #e7722f
  4. #48e72f

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4c70
  2. #157ab5
  3. #2fa4e7
  4. #74c2ef
  5. #b8e0f7

Shades

#2fa4e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #2a94d0
  3. #2683b9
  4. #2173a2
  5. #1c628b
  6. #185274
  7. #13425c
  8. #0e3145
  9. #09212e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #44ade9
  3. #59b6ec
  4. #6dbfee
  5. #82c8f1
  6. #97d2f3
  7. #acdbf5
  8. #c1e4f8
  9. #d5edfa
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4e7
  2. #37a0dd
  3. #3f9dd2
  4. #4799c8
  5. #4f96be
  6. #5892b4
  7. #608ea9
  8. #688b9f
  9. #708795
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a5ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b94e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca4e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599be6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4e7 {
  color: #2fa4e7;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4e7 {
  background-color: #2fa4e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4e7 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 79% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4e7, #2f48e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.21 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.47 #d05b18 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4e7  rgb(47, 164, 231)  hsl(202, 79%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#e7722f  rgb(231, 114, 47)  hsl(22, 79%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#e72fa4  rgb(231, 47, 164)  hsl(322, 79%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a4e72f  rgb(164, 231, 47)  hsl(82, 79%, 55%)  Inchworm