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#2FAFFC

#2faffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2faffc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.35% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 202.54°, with 97.16% saturation and 58.63% 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 8.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.87.

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Relative luminance0.3829

Complementary

  1. #2faffc
  2. #fc7c2f

Split complementary

  1. #2faffc
  2. #fc2f48
  3. #fce32f

Analogous

  1. #2ffce3
  2. #2faffc
  3. #2f48fc

Triadic

  1. #2faffc
  2. #fc2faf
  3. #affc2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faffc
  2. #7c2ffc
  3. #fc7c2f
  4. #affc2f

Square

  1. #2faffc
  2. #e32ffc
  3. #fc7c2f
  4. #48fc2f

Monochromatic

  1. #025b90
  2. #038adb
  3. #2faffc
  4. #7accfd
  5. #c6e9fe

Shades

#2faffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faffc
  2. #2a9ee3
  3. #268cca
  4. #217bb0
  5. #1c6997
  6. #18587e
  7. #134665
  8. #0e354c
  9. #092332
  10. #051219
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faffc
  2. #44b7fc
  3. #59bffd
  4. #6dc7fd
  5. #82cffd
  6. #97d7fe
  7. #acdffe
  8. #c1e7fe
  9. #d5effe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faffc
  2. #37aaf0
  3. #3fa6e3
  4. #47a1d7
  5. #4f9cca
  6. #5898be
  7. #6093b2
  8. #688ea5
  9. #708999
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faffc {
  color: #2faffc;
}
Background
.bg-2faffc {
  background-color: #2faffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faffc {
  border: 2px solid #2faffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 97% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faffc, #2f48fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.35 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.99 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.62 #d05003 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2faffc  rgb(47, 175, 252)  hsl(203, 97%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fc7c2f  rgb(252, 124, 47)  hsl(23, 97%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#fc2faf  rgb(252, 47, 175)  hsl(323, 97%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#affc2f  rgb(175, 252, 47)  hsl(83, 97%, 59%)  Green Yellow