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#2AAAEE

#2aaaee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aaaee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.35% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 200.82°, with 85.22% saturation and 54.9% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3541

Complementary

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #ee6e2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #ee2a48
  3. #eed02a

Analogous

  1. #2aeed0
  2. #2aaaee
  3. #2a48ee

Triadic

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #ee2aaa
  3. #aaee2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #6e2aee
  3. #ee6e2a
  4. #aaee2a

Square

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #d02aee
  3. #ee6e2a
  4. #48ee2a

Monochromatic

  1. #095076
  2. #0f80bc
  3. #2aaaee
  4. #71c6f4
  5. #b8e3f9

Shades

#2aaaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #2699d6
  3. #2288be
  4. #1d77a7
  5. #19668f
  6. #155577
  7. #11445f
  8. #0d3347
  9. #082230
  10. #041118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aaaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #3fb3f0
  3. #55bbf1
  4. #6ac4f3
  5. #7fccf5
  6. #95d5f7
  7. #aaddf8
  8. #bfe6fa
  9. #d4eefc
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aaaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aaaee
  2. #33a6e3
  3. #3ba2d8
  4. #449dcd
  5. #4c99c2
  6. #5595b7
  7. #5e91ac
  8. #668da1
  9. #6f8896
  10. #77848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a4c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aaf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f99ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6faaf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aaaee {
  color: #2aaaee;
}
Background
.bg-2aaaee {
  background-color: #2aaaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aaaee {
  border: 2px solid #2aaaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aaaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aaaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaaee, #2a48ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aaaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.53 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.83 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.87 #d55511 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aaaee  rgb(42, 170, 238)  hsl(201, 85%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ee6e2a  rgb(238, 110, 42)  hsl(21, 85%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ee2aaa  rgb(238, 42, 170)  hsl(321, 85%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#aaee2a  rgb(170, 238, 42)  hsl(81, 85%, 55%)  Spring Bud