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#2AA5FC

#2aa5fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa5fc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 64.71% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.33% cyan, 34.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 204.86°, with 97.22% saturation and 57.65% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.82.

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Relative luminance0.3443

Complementary

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #fc812a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #fc2a3c
  3. #fcea2a

Analogous

  1. #2afcea
  2. #2aa5fc
  3. #2a3cfc

Triadic

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #fc2aa5
  3. #a5fc2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #812afc
  3. #fc812a
  4. #a5fc2a

Square

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #ea2afc
  3. #fc812a
  4. #3cfc2a

Monochromatic

  1. #02528b
  2. #037fd6
  3. #2aa5fc
  4. #75c5fd
  5. #c1e5fe

Shades

#2aa5fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #2695e3
  3. #2284ca
  4. #1d74b0
  5. #196397
  6. #15537e
  7. #114265
  8. #0d324c
  9. #082132
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa5fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #3faefc
  3. #55b7fd
  4. #6ac0fd
  5. #7fc9fd
  6. #95d2fe
  7. #aadbfe
  8. #bfe4fe
  9. #d4edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa5fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa5fc
  2. #33a1f0
  3. #3b9ee3
  4. #449ad7
  5. #4c96ca
  6. #5593be
  7. #5e8fb2
  8. #668ba5
  9. #6f8799
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a1cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d96fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a7fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e9cfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa5fc {
  color: #2aa5fc;
}
Background
.bg-2aa5fc {
  background-color: #2aa5fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa5fc {
  border: 2px solid #2aa5fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa5fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 165 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa5fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa5fc, #2a3cfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa5fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 165 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.32 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.35 #d55a03 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa5fc  rgb(42, 165, 252)  hsl(205, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc812a  rgb(252, 129, 42)  hsl(25, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2aa5  rgb(252, 42, 165)  hsl(325, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a5fc2a  rgb(165, 252, 42)  hsl(85, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow