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#2AA8EA

#2aa8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.05% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 200.63°, with 82.05% saturation and 54.12% 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 4.11.

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Relative luminance0.3444

Complementary

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #ea6c2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #ea2a48
  3. #eacc2a

Analogous

  1. #2aeacc
  2. #2aa8ea
  3. #2a48ea

Triadic

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #ea2aa8
  3. #a8ea2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #6c2aea
  3. #ea6c2a
  4. #a8ea2a

Square

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #cc2aea
  3. #ea6c2a
  4. #48ea2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4d70
  2. #127db6
  3. #2aa8ea
  4. #70c4f1
  5. #b5e1f8

Shades

#2aa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #2697d3
  3. #2286bb
  4. #1d76a4
  5. #19658c
  6. #155475
  7. #11435e
  8. #0d3246
  9. #08222f
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #3fb1ec
  3. #55b9ee
  4. #6ac2f0
  5. #7fcbf2
  6. #95d4f5
  7. #aadcf7
  8. #bfe5f9
  9. #d4eefb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa8ea
  2. #33a4df
  3. #3ba0d5
  4. #449cca
  5. #4c98c0
  6. #5594b5
  7. #5e90aa
  8. #668ca0
  9. #6f8895
  10. #77848b
  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 #80a2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f97e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa8ea {
  color: #2aa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-2aa8ea {
  background-color: #2aa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #2aa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa8ea, #2a48ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.50 #d55715 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa8ea  rgb(42, 168, 234)  hsl(201, 82%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6c2a  rgb(234, 108, 42)  hsl(21, 82%, 54%)  Persimmon
#ea2aa8  rgb(234, 42, 168)  hsl(321, 82%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ea2a  rgb(168, 234, 42)  hsl(81, 82%, 54%)  Inchworm