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#2AAAEC

#2aaaec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aaaec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.2% cyan, 27.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 200.41°, with 83.62% saturation and 54.51% 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 8.06:1 (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 luminance0.353

Complementary

  1. #2aaaec
  2. #ec6c2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aaaec
  2. #ec2a49
  3. #eccd2a

Analogous

  1. #2aeccd
  2. #2aaaec
  3. #2a49ec

Triadic

  1. #2aaaec
  2. #ec2aaa
  3. #aaec2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aaaec
  2. #6c2aec
  3. #ec6c2a
  4. #aaec2a

Square

  1. #2aaaec
  2. #cd2aec
  3. #ec6c2a
  4. #49ec2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4f73
  2. #1180b9
  3. #2aaaec
  4. #70c6f2
  5. #b6e2f9

Shades

#2aaaec mixed progressively with black.

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

Tints

#2aaaec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aaaec
  2. #3fb3ee
  3. #55bbf0
  4. #6ac4f2
  5. #7fccf4
  6. #95d5f6
  7. #aaddf7
  8. #bfe6f9
  9. #d4eefb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aaaec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aaaec
  2. #33a6e1
  3. #3ba2d6
  4. #449dcc
  5. #4c99c1
  6. #5595b6
  7. #5e91ab
  8. #668da0
  9. #6f8896
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a4c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aaaef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7099eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70aaee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca0eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aaaec {
  color: #2aaaec;
}
Background
.bg-2aaaec {
  background-color: #2aaaec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aaaec {
  border: 2px solid #2aaaec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aaaec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 170 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aaaec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaaec, #2a49ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aaaec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 170 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.51 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.91 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.21 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.06 #d55513 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aaaec  rgb(42, 170, 236)  hsl(200, 84%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ec6c2a  rgb(236, 108, 42)  hsl(20, 84%, 55%)  Persimmon
#ec2aaa  rgb(236, 42, 170)  hsl(320, 84%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#aaec2a  rgb(170, 236, 42)  hsl(80, 84%, 55%)  Spring Bud