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#2AA1DC

#2aa1dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2aa1dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 63.14% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.91% cyan, 26.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 199.89°, with 71.77% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.3115

Complementary

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #dc652a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #dc2a48
  3. #dcbe2a

Analogous

  1. #2adcbe
  2. #2aa1dc
  3. #2a48dc

Triadic

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #dc2aa1
  3. #a1dc2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #652adc
  3. #dc652a
  4. #a1dc2a

Square

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #be2adc
  3. #dc652a
  4. #48dc2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0f445e
  2. #1a739f
  3. #2aa1dc
  4. #6cbee7
  5. #addbf2

Shades

#2aa1dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #2691c6
  3. #2281b0
  4. #1d719a
  5. #196184
  6. #15516e
  7. #114058
  8. #0d3042
  9. #08202c
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa1dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #3faae0
  3. #55b4e3
  4. #6abde7
  5. #7fc7ea
  6. #95d0ee
  7. #aad9f1
  8. #bfe3f5
  9. #d4ecf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa1dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa1dc
  2. #339ed3
  3. #3b9aca
  4. #4497c0
  5. #4c94b7
  6. #5591ae
  7. #5e8da5
  8. #668a9c
  9. #6f8792
  10. #778389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a0df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d90db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba1de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5997db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aac6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa1dc {
  color: #2aa1dc;
}
Background
.bg-2aa1dc {
  background-color: #2aa1dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa1dc {
  border: 2px solid #2aa1dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa1dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 161 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa1dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa1dc, #2a48dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa1dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 161 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.79 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.61 #d55e23 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa1dc  rgb(42, 161, 220)  hsl(200, 72%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#dc652a  rgb(220, 101, 42)  hsl(20, 72%, 51%)  Flame
#dc2aa1  rgb(220, 42, 161)  hsl(320, 72%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a1dc2a  rgb(161, 220, 42)  hsl(80, 72%, 51%)  Yellow Green