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#2AA4E8

#2aa4e8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2aa4e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.9% cyan, 29.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 201.47°, with 80.51% saturation and 53.73% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.5.

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Relative luminance0.3287

Complementary

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #e86e2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #e82a45
  3. #e8cd2a

Analogous

  1. #2ae8cd
  2. #2aa4e8
  3. #2a45e8

Triadic

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #e82aa4
  3. #a4e82a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #6e2ae8
  3. #e86e2a
  4. #a4e82a

Square

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #cd2ae8
  3. #e86e2a
  4. #45e82a

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4a6d
  2. #1379b2
  3. #2aa4e8
  4. #6fc2ef
  5. #b4dff7

Shades

#2aa4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #2694d1
  3. #2283ba
  4. #1d73a2
  5. #19628b
  6. #155274
  7. #11425d
  8. #0d3146
  9. #08212e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #3fadea
  3. #55b6ed
  4. #6abfef
  5. #7fc8f1
  6. #95d2f4
  7. #aadbf6
  8. #bfe4f8
  9. #d4edfa
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa4e8
  2. #33a0de
  3. #3b9dd3
  4. #4499c9
  5. #4c96be
  6. #5592b4
  7. #5e8eaa
  8. #668b9f
  9. #6f8795
  10. #77848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a5eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a94e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba4ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579ae7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa4e8 {
  color: #2aa4e8;
}
Background
.bg-2aa4e8 {
  background-color: #2aa4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #2aa4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 164 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 81% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa4e8, #2a45e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 164 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.36 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.19 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.63 #d55b17 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa4e8  rgb(42, 164, 232)  hsl(201, 81%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e86e2a  rgb(232, 110, 42)  hsl(21, 81%, 54%)  Persimmon
#e82aa4  rgb(232, 42, 164)  hsl(321, 81%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#a4e82a  rgb(164, 232, 42)  hsl(81, 81%, 54%)  Inchworm