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#2FAEFE

#2faefe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2faefe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 68.24% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.5% cyan, 31.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 203.19°, with 99.04% saturation and 59.02% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.82.

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Relative luminance0.3803

Complementary

  1. #2faefe
  2. #fe7f2f

Split complementary

  1. #2faefe
  2. #fe2f46
  3. #fee72f

Analogous

  1. #2ffee7
  2. #2faefe
  3. #2f46fe

Triadic

  1. #2faefe
  2. #fe2fae
  3. #aefe2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faefe
  2. #7f2ffe
  3. #fe7f2f
  4. #aefe2f

Square

  1. #2faefe
  2. #e72ffe
  3. #fe7f2f
  4. #46fe2f

Monochromatic

  1. #015b93
  2. #0189df
  3. #2faefe
  4. #7bccfe
  5. #c7e9ff

Shades

#2faefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faefe
  2. #2a9de5
  3. #268bcb
  4. #217ab2
  5. #1c6898
  6. #18577f
  7. #134666
  8. #0e344c
  9. #092333
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faefe
  2. #44b6fe
  3. #59befe
  4. #6dc6fe
  5. #82cefe
  6. #97d7ff
  7. #acdfff
  8. #c1e7ff
  9. #d5efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faefe
  2. #37a9f1
  3. #3fa5e5
  4. #47a0d8
  5. #4f9ccc
  6. #5897bf
  7. #6092b2
  8. #688ea6
  9. #708999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a9cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59a4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faefe {
  color: #2faefe;
}
Background
.bg-2faefe {
  background-color: #2faefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faefe {
  border: 2px solid #2faefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 174 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 99% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faefe, #2f46fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 174 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.82 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.12 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.83 #d05101 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2faefe  rgb(47, 174, 254)  hsl(203, 99%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7f2f  rgb(254, 127, 47)  hsl(23, 99%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#fe2fae  rgb(254, 47, 174)  hsl(323, 99%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aefe2f  rgb(174, 254, 47)  hsl(83, 99%, 59%)  Green Yellow