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#2AA9FA

#2aa9fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa9fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 66.27% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.2% cyan, 32.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 203.37°, 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3577

Complementary

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #fa7b2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #fa2a41
  3. #fae32a

Analogous

  1. #2afae3
  2. #2aa9fa
  3. #2a41fa

Triadic

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #fa2aa9
  3. #a9fa2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #7b2afa
  3. #fa7b2a
  4. #a9fa2a

Square

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #e32afa
  3. #fa7b2a
  4. #41fa2a

Monochromatic

  1. #035488
  2. #0582d3
  3. #2aa9fa
  4. #75c7fc
  5. #bfe5fe

Shades

#2aa9fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #2698e1
  3. #2287c8
  4. #1d76af
  5. #196596
  6. #15557d
  7. #114464
  8. #0d334b
  9. #082232
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa9fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #3fb2fb
  3. #55bafb
  4. #6ac3fc
  5. #7fcbfc
  6. #95d4fd
  7. #aaddfd
  8. #bfe5fe
  9. #d4eefe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa9fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa9fa
  2. #33a5ee
  3. #3ba1e2
  4. #449dd5
  5. #4c99c9
  6. #5595bd
  7. #5e90b1
  8. #668ca5
  9. #6f8898
  10. #77848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83abfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6699f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aaafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #54a0f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa9fa {
  color: #2aa9fa;
}
Background
.bg-2aa9fa {
  background-color: #2aa9fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa9fa {
  border: 2px solid #2aa9fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa9fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 169 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa9fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa9fa, #2a41fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa9fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 169 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.73 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.15 #d55605 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa9fa  rgb(42, 169, 250)  hsl(203, 95%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fa7b2a  rgb(250, 123, 42)  hsl(23, 95%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fa2aa9  rgb(250, 42, 169)  hsl(323, 95%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a9fa2a  rgb(169, 250, 42)  hsl(83, 95%, 57%)  Green Yellow