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#2AAAEB

#2aaaeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aaaeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 66.67% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.13% cyan, 27.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 200.21°, with 82.83% saturation and 54.31% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.51.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3524

Complementary

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #eb6b2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #eb2a49
  3. #ebcc2a

Analogous

  1. #2aebcc
  2. #2aaaeb
  3. #2a49eb

Triadic

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #eb2aaa
  3. #aaeb2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #6b2aeb
  3. #eb6b2a
  4. #aaeb2a

Square

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #cc2aeb
  3. #eb6b2a
  4. #49eb2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4f71
  2. #117fb7
  3. #2aaaeb
  4. #70c6f2
  5. #b6e2f8

Shades

#2aaaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #2699d4
  3. #2288bc
  4. #1d77a5
  5. #19668d
  6. #155576
  7. #11445e
  8. #0d3347
  9. #08222f
  10. #041118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aaaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #3fb3ed
  3. #55bbef
  4. #6ac4f1
  5. #7fccf3
  6. #95d5f5
  7. #aaddf7
  8. #bfe6f9
  9. #d4eefb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aaaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aaaeb
  2. #33a6e0
  3. #3ba2d6
  4. #449dcb
  5. #4c99c0
  6. #5595b6
  7. #5e91ab
  8. #668da0
  9. #6f8895
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a4c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8baaee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7198ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70aaed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5da0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aaaeb {
  color: #2aaaeb;
}
Background
.bg-2aaaeb {
  background-color: #2aaaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aaaeb {
  border: 2px solid #2aaaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aaaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 170 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aaaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaaeb, #2a49eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aaaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 170 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.51 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.95 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.76 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.16 #d55514 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aaaeb  rgb(42, 170, 235)  hsl(200, 83%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#eb6b2a  rgb(235, 107, 42)  hsl(20, 83%, 54%)  Persimmon
#eb2aaa  rgb(235, 42, 170)  hsl(320, 83%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#aaeb2a  rgb(170, 235, 42)  hsl(80, 83%, 54%)  Inchworm