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#2AA3FB

#2aa3fb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa3fb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.27% cyan, 35.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 205.26°, with 96.31% saturation and 57.45% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3365

Complementary

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #fb822a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #fb2a3b
  3. #fbea2a

Analogous

  1. #2afbea
  2. #2aa3fb
  3. #2a3bfb

Triadic

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #fb2aa3
  3. #a3fb2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #822afb
  3. #fb822a
  4. #a3fb2a

Square

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #ea2afb
  3. #fb822a
  4. #3bfb2a

Monochromatic

  1. #035189
  2. #047dd5
  3. #2aa3fb
  4. #75c3fc
  5. #c0e4fe

Shades

#2aa3fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #2693e2
  3. #2282c9
  4. #1d72b0
  5. #196297
  6. #15527e
  7. #114164
  8. #0d314b
  9. #082132
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa3fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #3facfb
  3. #55b5fc
  4. #6abffc
  5. #7fc8fd
  6. #95d1fd
  7. #aadafd
  8. #bfe3fe
  9. #d4edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa3fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa3fb
  2. #33a0ef
  3. #3b9ce2
  4. #4499d6
  5. #4c95ca
  6. #5592be
  7. #5e8eb1
  8. #668ba5
  9. #6f8799
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9fca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b95f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #63a5fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c9bfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa3fb {
  color: #2aa3fb;
}
Background
.bg-2aa3fb {
  background-color: #2aa3fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa3fb {
  border: 2px solid #2aa3fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa3fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 163 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 96% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa3fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa3fb, #2a3bfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa3fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 163 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.25 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.34 #d55c04 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa3fb  rgb(42, 163, 251)  hsl(205, 96%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fb822a  rgb(251, 130, 42)  hsl(25, 96%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fb2aa3  rgb(251, 42, 163)  hsl(325, 96%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a3fb2a  rgb(163, 251, 42)  hsl(85, 96%, 57%)  Green Yellow