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#2AA8FA

#2aa8fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa8fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.2% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 203.65°, 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.85.

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Relative luminance0.354

Complementary

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #fa7c2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #fa2a40
  3. #fae42a

Analogous

  1. #2afae4
  2. #2aa8fa
  3. #2a40fa

Triadic

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #fa2aa8
  3. #a8fa2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #7c2afa
  3. #fa7c2a
  4. #a8fa2a

Square

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #e42afa
  3. #fa7c2a
  4. #40fa2a

Monochromatic

  1. #035488
  2. #0581d3
  3. #2aa8fa
  4. #75c7fc
  5. #bfe5fe

Shades

#2aa8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #2697e1
  3. #2286c8
  4. #1d76af
  5. #196596
  6. #15547d
  7. #114364
  8. #0d324b
  9. #082232
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #3fb1fb
  3. #55b9fb
  4. #6ac2fc
  5. #7fcbfc
  6. #95d4fd
  7. #aadcfd
  8. #bfe5fe
  9. #d4eefe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa8fa
  2. #33a4ee
  3. #3ba0e2
  4. #449cd5
  5. #4c98c9
  6. #5594bd
  7. #5e90b1
  8. #668ca5
  9. #6f8898
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81abfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6498f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69aafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539ff9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa8fa {
  color: #2aa8fa;
}
Background
.bg-2aa8fa {
  background-color: #2aa8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa8fa {
  border: 2px solid #2aa8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 168 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa8fa, #2a40fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 168 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.39 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.84 #d55705 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa8fa  rgb(42, 168, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fa7c2a  rgb(250, 124, 42)  hsl(24, 95%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fa2aa8  rgb(250, 42, 168)  hsl(324, 95%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a8fa2a  rgb(168, 250, 42)  hsl(84, 95%, 57%)  Green Yellow