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#2AA2FC

#2aa2fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa2fc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 63.53% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.33% cyan, 35.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 97.22% saturation and 57.65% 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 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.3336

Complementary

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #fc842a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #fc2a39
  3. #fced2a

Analogous

  1. #2afced
  2. #2aa2fc
  3. #2a39fc

Triadic

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #fc2aa2
  3. #a2fc2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #842afc
  3. #fc842a
  4. #a2fc2a

Square

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #ed2afc
  3. #fc842a
  4. #39fc2a

Monochromatic

  1. #02508b
  2. #037cd6
  3. #2aa2fc
  4. #75c3fd
  5. #c1e4fe

Shades

#2aa2fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #2692e3
  3. #2282ca
  4. #1d71b0
  5. #196197
  6. #15517e
  7. #114165
  8. #0d314c
  9. #082032
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa2fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #3fabfc
  3. #55b5fd
  4. #6abefd
  5. #7fc7fd
  6. #95d1fe
  7. #aadafe
  8. #bfe3fe
  9. #d4ecfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa2fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa2fc
  2. #339ff0
  3. #3b9be3
  4. #4498d7
  5. #4c94ca
  6. #5591be
  7. #5e8eb2
  8. #668aa5
  9. #6f8799
  10. #77838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5894fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a5fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a9afb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa2fc {
  color: #2aa2fc;
}
Background
.bg-2aa2fc {
  background-color: #2aa2fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa2fc {
  border: 2px solid #2aa2fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa2fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 162 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa2fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa2fc, #2a39fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa2fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 162 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.34 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.90 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.52 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.60 #d55d03 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa2fc  rgb(42, 162, 252)  hsl(206, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc842a  rgb(252, 132, 42)  hsl(26, 97%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#fc2aa2  rgb(252, 42, 162)  hsl(326, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a2fc2a  rgb(162, 252, 42)  hsl(86, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow