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#2AA8FC

#2aa8fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa8fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.33% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 204°, 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.

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Relative luminance0.3553

Complementary

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #fc7e2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #fc2a3f
  3. #fce72a

Analogous

  1. #2afce7
  2. #2aa8fc
  3. #2a3ffc

Triadic

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #fc2aa8
  3. #a8fc2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #7e2afc
  3. #fc7e2a
  4. #a8fc2a

Square

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #e72afc
  3. #fc7e2a
  4. #3ffc2a

Monochromatic

  1. #02548b
  2. #0382d6
  3. #2aa8fc
  4. #75c7fd
  5. #c1e6fe

Shades

#2aa8fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #2697e3
  3. #2286ca
  4. #1d76b0
  5. #196597
  6. #15547e
  7. #114365
  8. #0d324c
  9. #082232
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa8fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #3fb1fc
  3. #55b9fd
  4. #6ac2fd
  5. #7fcbfd
  6. #95d4fe
  7. #aadcfe
  8. #bfe5fe
  9. #d4eefe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa8fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa8fc
  2. #33a4f0
  3. #3ba0e3
  4. #449cd7
  5. #4c98ca
  6. #5594be
  7. #5e90b2
  8. #668ca5
  9. #6f8899
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a4cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80abff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6398fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68aafe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #529ffb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa8fc {
  color: #2aa8fc;
}
Background
.bg-2aa8fc {
  background-color: #2aa8fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa8fc {
  border: 2px solid #2aa8fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa8fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 168 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa8fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa8fc, #2a3ffc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa8fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 168 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.32 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.71 #d55703 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa8fc  rgb(42, 168, 252)  hsl(204, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc7e2a  rgb(252, 126, 42)  hsl(24, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2aa8  rgb(252, 42, 168)  hsl(324, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a8fc2a  rgb(168, 252, 42)  hsl(84, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow