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#2AA6FA

#2aa6fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa6fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.2% cyan, 33.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.23°, with 95.41% saturation and 57.25% 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 7.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3467

Complementary

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #fa7e2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #fa2a3e
  3. #fae62a

Analogous

  1. #2afae6
  2. #2aa6fa
  3. #2a3efa

Triadic

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #fa2aa6
  3. #a6fa2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #7e2afa
  3. #fa7e2a
  4. #a6fa2a

Square

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #e62afa
  3. #fa7e2a
  4. #3efa2a

Monochromatic

  1. #035288
  2. #0580d3
  3. #2aa6fa
  4. #75c5fc
  5. #bfe4fe

Shades

#2aa6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #2695e1
  3. #2285c8
  4. #1d74af
  5. #196496
  6. #15537d
  7. #114264
  8. #0d324b
  9. #082132
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #3faffb
  3. #55b8fb
  4. #6ac1fc
  5. #7fcafc
  6. #95d3fd
  7. #aadbfd
  8. #bfe4fe
  9. #d4edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa6fa
  2. #33a2ee
  3. #3b9ee2
  4. #449bd5
  5. #4c97c9
  6. #5593bd
  7. #5e8fb1
  8. #668ba5
  9. #6f8898
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a2ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea9fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6197f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a8fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #509df9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa6fa {
  color: #2aa6fa;
}
Background
.bg-2aa6fa {
  background-color: #2aa6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa6fa {
  border: 2px solid #2aa6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 166 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa6fa, #2a3efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 166 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.72 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.22 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.28 #d55905 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa6fa  rgb(42, 166, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fa7e2a  rgb(250, 126, 42)  hsl(24, 95%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fa2aa6  rgb(250, 42, 166)  hsl(324, 95%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a6fa2a  rgb(166, 250, 42)  hsl(84, 95%, 57%)  Green Yellow