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#2AAAFF

#2aaaff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aaaff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.53% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 203.94°, 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 8.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3646

Complementary

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #ff7f2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #ff2a40
  3. #ffe92a

Analogous

  1. #2affe9
  2. #2aaaff
  3. #2a40ff

Triadic

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #ff2aaa
  3. #aaff2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #7f2aff
  3. #ff7f2a
  4. #aaff2a

Square

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #e92aff
  3. #ff7f2a
  4. #40ff2a

Monochromatic

  1. #005790
  2. #0085dd
  3. #2aaaff
  4. #77c9ff
  5. #c3e7ff

Shades

#2aaaff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #2699e6
  3. #2288cc
  4. #1d77b3
  5. #196699
  6. #155580
  7. #114466
  8. #0d334d
  9. #082233
  10. #04111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aaaff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #3fb3ff
  3. #55bbff
  4. #6ac4ff
  5. #7fccff
  6. #95d5ff
  7. #aaddff
  8. #bfe6ff
  9. #d4eeff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aaaff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aaaff
  2. #33a6f2
  3. #3ba2e6
  4. #449dd9
  5. #4c99cc
  6. #5595c0
  7. #5e91b3
  8. #668da6
  9. #6f8899
  10. #77848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #649afd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69acff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aaaff {
  color: #2aaaff;
}
Background
.bg-2aaaff {
  background-color: #2aaaff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aaaff {
  border: 2px solid #2aaaff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aaaff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 170 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aaaff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaaff, #2a40ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aaaff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 170 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.16 #d55500 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aaaff  rgb(42, 170, 255)  hsl(204, 100%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ff7f2a  rgb(255, 127, 42)  hsl(24, 100%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#ff2aaa  rgb(255, 42, 170)  hsl(324, 100%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#aaff2a  rgb(170, 255, 42)  hsl(84, 100%, 58%)  Green Yellow