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#2AA9FF

#2aa9ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aa9ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.53% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.23°, with 100% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.3.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3609

Complementary

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #ff802a

Split complementary

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #ff2a3f
  3. #ffeb2a

Analogous

  1. #2affeb
  2. #2aa9ff
  3. #2a3fff

Triadic

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #ff2aa9
  3. #a9ff2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #802aff
  3. #ff802a
  4. #a9ff2a

Square

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #eb2aff
  3. #ff802a
  4. #3fff2a

Monochromatic

  1. #005690
  2. #0083dd
  3. #2aa9ff
  4. #77c8ff
  5. #c3e7ff

Shades

#2aa9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #2698e6
  3. #2287cc
  4. #1d76b3
  5. #196599
  6. #155580
  7. #114466
  8. #0d334d
  9. #082233
  10. #04111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aa9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #3fb2ff
  3. #55baff
  4. #6ac3ff
  5. #7fcbff
  6. #95d4ff
  7. #aaddff
  8. #bfe5ff
  9. #d4eeff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aa9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aa9ff
  2. #33a5f2
  3. #3ba1e6
  4. #449dd9
  5. #4c99cc
  6. #5595c0
  7. #5e90b3
  8. #668ca6
  9. #6f8899
  10. #77848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a5ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6299fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68abff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #51a0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aa9ff {
  color: #2aa9ff;
}
Background
.bg-2aa9ff {
  background-color: #2aa9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aa9ff {
  border: 2px solid #2aa9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aa9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 169 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aa9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aa9ff, #2a3fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aa9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 169 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.55 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.85 #d55600 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aa9ff  rgb(42, 169, 255)  hsl(204, 100%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ff802a  rgb(255, 128, 42)  hsl(24, 100%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#ff2aa9  rgb(255, 42, 169)  hsl(324, 100%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a9ff2a  rgb(169, 255, 42)  hsl(84, 100%, 58%)  Green Yellow