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#24ABE2

#24abe2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#24abe2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 67.06% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.07% cyan, 24.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 197.37°, with 76.61% saturation and 51.37% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.41.

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Relative luminance0.3499

Complementary

  1. #24abe2
  2. #e25b24

Split complementary

  1. #24abe2
  2. #e2244c
  3. #e2ba24

Analogous

  1. #24e2ba
  2. #24abe2
  3. #244ce2

Triadic

  1. #24abe2
  2. #e224ab
  3. #abe224

Tetradic

  1. #24abe2
  2. #5b24e2
  3. #e25b24
  4. #abe224

Square

  1. #24abe2
  2. #ba24e2
  3. #e25b24
  4. #4ce224

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4860
  2. #167ba4
  3. #24abe2
  4. #68c5eb
  5. #abdff4

Shades

#24abe2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #24abe2
  2. #209acb
  3. #1d89b5
  4. #19789e
  5. #166788
  6. #125671
  7. #0e445a
  8. #0b3344
  9. #07222d
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#24abe2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #24abe2
  2. #3ab3e5
  3. #50bce8
  4. #66c4eb
  5. #7ccdee
  6. #92d5f1
  7. #a7ddf3
  8. #bde6f6
  9. #d3eef9
  10. #e9f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#24abe2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #24abe2
  2. #2da7d8
  3. #36a2ce
  4. #409ec5
  5. #499abb
  6. #5296b1
  7. #5b91a7
  8. #648d9d
  9. #6e8994
  10. #77848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa9e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7798e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73aae4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a0e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-24abe2 {
  color: #24abe2;
}
Background
.bg-24abe2 {
  background-color: #24abe2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-24abe2 {
  border: 2px solid #24abe2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #24abe2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 171 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 77% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-24abe2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #24abe2, #244ce2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-24abe2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 171 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.47 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.71 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.52 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.27 #db541d Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#24abe2  rgb(36, 171, 226)  hsl(197, 77%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#e25b24  rgb(226, 91, 36)  hsl(17, 77%, 51%)  Flame
#e224ab  rgb(226, 36, 171)  hsl(317, 77%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#abe224  rgb(171, 226, 36)  hsl(77, 77%, 51%)  Inchworm