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#2AABDB

#2aabdb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2aabdb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 67.06% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.82% cyan, 21.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 196.27°, with 71.08% saturation and 51.18% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.09.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3473

Complementary

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #db5a2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #db2a53
  3. #dbb22a

Analogous

  1. #2adbb2
  2. #2aabdb
  3. #2a53db

Triadic

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #db2aab
  3. #abdb2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #5a2adb
  3. #db5a2a
  4. #abdb2a

Square

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #b22adb
  3. #db5a2a
  4. #53db2a

Monochromatic

  1. #10485c
  2. #1b7a9e
  3. #2aabdb
  4. #6bc5e6
  5. #addff1

Shades

#2aabdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #269ac5
  3. #2289af
  4. #1d7899
  5. #196783
  6. #15566e
  7. #114458
  8. #0d3342
  9. #08222c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aabdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #3fb3df
  3. #55bce2
  4. #6ac4e6
  5. #7fcde9
  6. #95d5ed
  7. #aaddf1
  8. #bfe6f4
  9. #d4eef8
  10. #eaf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aabdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aabdb
  2. #33a7d2
  3. #3ba2c9
  4. #449ec0
  5. #4c9ab7
  6. #5596ae
  7. #5e91a4
  8. #668d9b
  9. #6f8992
  10. #778489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a8dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b98da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a9dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a0db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aabdb {
  color: #2aabdb;
}
Background
.bg-2aabdb {
  background-color: #2aabdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aabdb {
  border: 2px solid #2aabdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aabdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 171 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 71% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aabdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aabdb, #2a53db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aabdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 171 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.40 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.45 #d55424 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2aabdb  rgb(42, 171, 219)  hsl(196, 71%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#db5a2a  rgb(219, 90, 42)  hsl(16, 71%, 51%)  Flame
#db2aab  rgb(219, 42, 171)  hsl(316, 71%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#abdb2a  rgb(171, 219, 42)  hsl(76, 71%, 51%)  Yellow Green