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#2AA3EA

#2aa3ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa3ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 63.92% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.05% cyan, 30.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 202.19°, with 82.05% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.5.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3263

Complementary

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #ea712a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #ea2a43
  3. #ead12a

Analogous

  1. #2aead1
  2. #2aa3ea
  3. #2a43ea

Triadic

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #ea2aa3
  3. #a3ea2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #712aea
  3. #ea712a
  4. #a3ea2a

Square

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #d12aea
  3. #ea712a
  4. #43ea2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4b70
  2. #1279b6
  3. #2aa3ea
  4. #70c1f1
  5. #b5dff8

Shades

#2aa3ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #2693d3
  3. #2282bb
  4. #1d72a4
  5. #19628c
  6. #155275
  7. #11415e
  8. #0d3146
  9. #08212f
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa3ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #3facec
  3. #55b5ee
  4. #6abff0
  5. #7fc8f2
  6. #95d1f5
  7. #aadaf7
  8. #bfe3f9
  9. #d4edfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa3ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa3ea
  2. #33a0df
  3. #3b9cd5
  4. #4499ca
  5. #4c95c0
  6. #5592b5
  7. #5e8eaa
  8. #668ba0
  9. #6f8795
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6793e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559ae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa3ea {
  color: #2aa3ea;
}
Background
.bg-2aa3ea {
  background-color: #2aa3ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa3ea {
  border: 2px solid #2aa3ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa3ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 163 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa3ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa3ea, #2a43ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa3ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 163 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.33 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.60 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.44 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.55 #d55c15 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa3ea  rgb(42, 163, 234)  hsl(202, 82%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ea712a  rgb(234, 113, 42)  hsl(22, 82%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ea2aa3  rgb(234, 42, 163)  hsl(322, 82%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#a3ea2a  rgb(163, 234, 42)  hsl(82, 82%, 54%)  Inchworm