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#2AA4E5

#2aa4e5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2aa4e5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 64.31% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.66% cyan, 28.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 200.86°, with 78.24% saturation and 53.14% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.46.

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Relative luminance0.327

Complementary

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #e56b2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #e52a46
  3. #e5c92a

Analogous

  1. #2ae5c9
  2. #2aa4e5
  3. #2a46e5

Triadic

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #e52aa4
  3. #a4e52a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #6b2ae5
  3. #e56b2a
  4. #a4e52a

Square

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #c92ae5
  3. #e56b2a
  4. #46e52a

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4969
  2. #1578ad
  3. #2aa4e5
  4. #6ec1ed
  5. #b2def6

Shades

#2aa4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #2694ce
  3. #2283b7
  4. #1d73a0
  5. #196289
  6. #155273
  7. #11425c
  8. #0d3145
  9. #08212e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #3fade8
  3. #55b6ea
  4. #6abfed
  5. #7fc8ef
  6. #95d2f2
  7. #aadbf5
  8. #bfe4f7
  9. #d4edfa
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa4e5
  2. #33a0db
  3. #3b9dd1
  4. #4499c7
  5. #4c96bd
  6. #5592b3
  7. #5e8ea8
  8. #668b9e
  9. #6f8794
  10. #77848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a4e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c93e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca4e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599ae4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa4e5 {
  color: #2aa4e5;
}
Background
.bg-2aa4e5 {
  background-color: #2aa4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #2aa4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 164 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 78% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa4e5, #2a46e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 164 229 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.43 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.27 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.49 #d55b1a Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa4e5  rgb(42, 164, 229)  hsl(201, 78%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e56b2a  rgb(229, 107, 42)  hsl(21, 78%, 53%)  Persimmon
#e52aa4  rgb(229, 42, 164)  hsl(321, 78%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e52a  rgb(164, 229, 42)  hsl(81, 78%, 53%)  Inchworm