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#2B91C8

#2b91c8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2b91c8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 56.86% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.5% cyan, 27.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 201.02°, with 64.61% saturation and 47.65% 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 5.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.74.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2493

Complementary

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #c8622b

Split complementary

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #c82b43
  3. #c8b12b

Analogous

  1. #2bc8b1
  2. #2b91c8
  3. #2b43c8

Triadic

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #c82b91
  3. #91c82b

Tetradic

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #622bc8
  3. #c8622b
  4. #91c82b

Square

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #b12bc8
  3. #c8622b
  4. #43c82b

Monochromatic

  1. #10364a
  2. #1d6389
  3. #2b91c8
  4. #62b2dd
  5. #a1d1eb

Shades

#2b91c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #2783b4
  3. #2274a0
  4. #1e668c
  5. #1a5778
  6. #164964
  7. #113a50
  8. #0d2c3c
  9. #091d28
  10. #040f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2b91c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #409cce
  3. #55a7d3
  4. #6bb2d9
  5. #80bdde
  6. #95c8e4
  7. #aad3e9
  8. #bfdeef
  9. #d5e9f4
  10. #eaf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2b91c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2b91c8
  2. #348fc1
  3. #3c8eba
  4. #458cb2
  5. #4d8aab
  6. #5689a4
  7. #5e879d
  8. #678596
  9. #6f838e
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8ca6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7791ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6282c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6191ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5188c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2b91c8 {
  color: #2b91c8;
}
Background
.bg-2b91c8 {
  background-color: #2b91c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2b91c8 {
  border: 2px solid #2b91c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2b91c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 145 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 65% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2b91c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2b91c8, #2b43c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2b91c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 145 200 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.74 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.37 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.77 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.05 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.92 #d46e37 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2b91c8  rgb(43, 145, 200)  hsl(201, 65%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#c8622b  rgb(200, 98, 43)  hsl(21, 65%, 48%)  Burnt Orange
#c82b91  rgb(200, 43, 145)  hsl(321, 65%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#91c82b  rgb(145, 200, 43)  hsl(81, 65%, 48%)  Yellow Green