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#2A93CA

#2a93ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2a93ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 57.65% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.21% cyan, 27.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 200.63°, with 65.57% saturation and 47.84% 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 6.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.27.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2562

Complementary

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #ca612a

Split complementary

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #ca2a43
  3. #cab12a

Analogous

  1. #2acab1
  2. #2a93ca
  3. #2a43ca

Triadic

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #ca2a93
  3. #93ca2a

Tetradic

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #612aca
  3. #ca612a
  4. #93ca2a

Square

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #b12aca
  3. #ca612a
  4. #43ca2a

Monochromatic

  1. #10374b
  2. #1d658b
  3. #2a93ca
  4. #62b4de
  5. #a1d2ec

Shades

#2a93ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #2684b6
  3. #2276a2
  4. #1d678d
  5. #195879
  6. #154a65
  7. #113b51
  8. #0d2c3d
  9. #081d28
  10. #040f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2a93ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #3f9ecf
  3. #55a9d5
  4. #6ab3da
  5. #7fbedf
  6. #95c9e5
  7. #aad4ea
  8. #bfdfef
  9. #d4e9f4
  10. #eaf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2a93ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2a93ca
  2. #3391c3
  3. #3b8fbb
  4. #448db4
  5. #4c8bac
  6. #558aa5
  7. #5e889e
  8. #668696
  9. #6f848f
  10. #778287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708ea8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7993cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6384c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6293cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #528ac9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009cb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2a93ca {
  color: #2a93ca;
}
Background
.bg-2a93ca {
  background-color: #2a93ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2a93ca {
  border: 2px solid #2a93ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2a93ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 147 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 66% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2a93ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2a93ca, #2a43ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2a93ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 147 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.13 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.70 #d56c35 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2a93ca  rgb(42, 147, 202)  hsl(201, 66%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ca612a  rgb(202, 97, 42)  hsl(21, 66%, 48%)  Burnt Orange
#ca2a93  rgb(202, 42, 147)  hsl(321, 66%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#93ca2a  rgb(147, 202, 42)  hsl(81, 66%, 48%)  Yellow Green