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#2AA6EE

#2aa6ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa6ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 65.1% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.35% cyan, 30.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.04°, with 85.22% saturation and 54.9% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.93.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3394

Complementary

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #ee722a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #ee2a44
  3. #eed42a

Analogous

  1. #2aeed4
  2. #2aa6ee
  3. #2a44ee

Triadic

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #ee2aa6
  3. #a6ee2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #722aee
  3. #ee722a
  4. #a6ee2a

Square

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #d42aee
  3. #ee722a
  4. #44ee2a

Monochromatic

  1. #094e76
  2. #0f7dbc
  3. #2aa6ee
  4. #71c4f4
  5. #b8e1f9

Shades

#2aa6ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #2695d6
  3. #2285be
  4. #1d74a7
  5. #19648f
  6. #155377
  7. #11425f
  8. #0d3247
  9. #082130
  10. #041118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa6ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #3faff0
  3. #55b8f1
  4. #6ac1f3
  5. #7fcaf5
  6. #95d3f7
  7. #aadbf8
  8. #bfe4fa
  9. #d4edfc
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa6ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa6ee
  2. #33a2e3
  3. #3b9ed8
  4. #449bcd
  5. #4c97c2
  6. #5593b7
  7. #5e8fac
  8. #668ba1
  9. #6f8896
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa1c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a7f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6996ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba7f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579ced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa6ee {
  color: #2aa6ee;
}
Background
.bg-2aa6ee {
  background-color: #2aa6ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa6ee {
  border: 2px solid #2aa6ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa6ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 166 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa6ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa6ee, #2a44ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa6ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 166 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.36 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.99 #d55911 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa6ee  rgb(42, 166, 238)  hsl(202, 85%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ee722a  rgb(238, 114, 42)  hsl(22, 85%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ee2aa6  rgb(238, 42, 166)  hsl(322, 85%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a6ee2a  rgb(166, 238, 42)  hsl(82, 85%, 55%)  Spring Bud