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#2AA6FC

#2aa6fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa6fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.33% cyan, 34.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 204.57°, 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 7.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.86.

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Relative luminance0.3479

Complementary

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #fc802a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #fc2a3d
  3. #fce92a

Analogous

  1. #2afce9
  2. #2aa6fc
  3. #2a3dfc

Triadic

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #fc2aa6
  3. #a6fc2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #802afc
  3. #fc802a
  4. #a6fc2a

Square

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #e92afc
  3. #fc802a
  4. #3dfc2a

Monochromatic

  1. #02538b
  2. #0380d6
  3. #2aa6fc
  4. #75c6fd
  5. #c1e5fe

Shades

#2aa6fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #2695e3
  3. #2285ca
  4. #1d74b0
  5. #196497
  6. #15537e
  7. #114265
  8. #0d324c
  9. #082132
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa6fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #3faffc
  3. #55b8fd
  4. #6ac1fd
  5. #7fcafd
  6. #95d3fe
  7. #aadbfe
  8. #bfe4fe
  9. #d4edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa6fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa6fc
  2. #33a2f0
  3. #3b9ee3
  4. #449bd7
  5. #4c97ca
  6. #5593be
  7. #5e8fb2
  8. #668ba5
  9. #6f8899
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a2cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f97fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a8fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f9dfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa6fc {
  color: #2aa6fc;
}
Background
.bg-2aa6fc {
  background-color: #2aa6fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa6fc {
  border: 2px solid #2aa6fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa6fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 166 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa6fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa6fc, #2a3dfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa6fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 166 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.10 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.50 #d55903 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa6fc  rgb(42, 166, 252)  hsl(205, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc802a  rgb(252, 128, 42)  hsl(25, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2aa6  rgb(252, 42, 166)  hsl(325, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a6fc2a  rgb(166, 252, 42)  hsl(85, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow