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#2AA5DD

#2aa5dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2aa5dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 64.71% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81% cyan, 25.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.77°, with 72.47% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.03.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3262

Complementary

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #dd622a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #dd2a4c
  3. #ddbb2a

Analogous

  1. #2addbb
  2. #2aa5dd
  3. #2a4cdd

Triadic

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #dd2aa5
  3. #a5dd2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #622add
  3. #dd622a
  4. #a5dd2a

Square

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #bb2add
  3. #dd622a
  4. #4cdd2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0f465f
  2. #1a77a1
  3. #2aa5dd
  4. #6cc1e8
  5. #aeddf2

Shades

#2aa5dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #2695c7
  3. #2284b1
  4. #1d749b
  5. #196385
  6. #15536f
  7. #114258
  8. #0d3242
  9. #08212c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa5dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #3faee0
  3. #55b7e4
  4. #6ac0e7
  5. #7fc9eb
  6. #95d2ee
  7. #aadbf1
  8. #bfe4f5
  9. #d4edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa5dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa5dd
  2. #33a1d4
  3. #3b9eca
  4. #449ac1
  5. #4c96b8
  6. #5593af
  7. #5e8fa5
  8. #668b9c
  9. #6f8793
  10. #778489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a4e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7293dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa4df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9bdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa5dd {
  color: #2aa5dd;
}
Background
.bg-2aa5dd {
  background-color: #2aa5dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa5dd {
  border: 2px solid #2aa5dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa5dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 165 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa5dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa5dd, #2a4cdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa5dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 165 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.66 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.73 #d55a22 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa5dd  rgb(42, 165, 221)  hsl(199, 72%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dd622a  rgb(221, 98, 42)  hsl(19, 72%, 52%)  Flame
#dd2aa5  rgb(221, 42, 165)  hsl(319, 72%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a5dd2a  rgb(165, 221, 42)  hsl(79, 72%, 52%)  Yellow Green