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#2BA2CE

#2ba2ce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ba2ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 63.53% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.13% cyan, 21.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 196.2°, with 65.46% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.63.

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Relative luminance0.3081

Complementary

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #ce572b

Split complementary

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #ce2b50
  3. #cea82b

Analogous

  1. #2bcea8
  2. #2ba2ce
  3. #2b50ce

Triadic

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #ce2ba2
  3. #a2ce2b

Tetradic

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #572bce
  3. #ce572b
  4. #a2ce2b

Square

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #a82bce
  3. #ce572b
  4. #50ce2b

Monochromatic

  1. #113e4f
  2. #1e708f
  3. #2ba2ce
  4. #66bfdf
  5. #a6d9ec

Shades

#2ba2ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #2792b9
  3. #2282a5
  4. #1e7190
  5. #1a617c
  6. #165167
  7. #114152
  8. #0d313e
  9. #092029
  10. #041015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ba2ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #40abd3
  3. #55b5d8
  4. #6bbedd
  5. #80c7e2
  6. #95d1e7
  7. #aadaeb
  8. #bfe3f0
  9. #d5ecf5
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ba2ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ba2ce
  2. #349fc6
  3. #3c9bbe
  4. #4598b7
  5. #4d94af
  6. #5691a7
  7. #5e8e9f
  8. #678a97
  9. #6f8790
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7590cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a0cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6098ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aabd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ba2ce {
  color: #2ba2ce;
}
Background
.bg-2ba2ce {
  background-color: #2ba2ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ba2ce {
  border: 2px solid #2ba2ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ba2ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 162 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ba2ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ba2ce, #2b50ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ba2ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 162 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.63 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.88 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.65 #d45d31 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ba2ce  rgb(43, 162, 206)  hsl(196, 65%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ce572b  rgb(206, 87, 43)  hsl(16, 65%, 49%)  Flame
#ce2ba2  rgb(206, 43, 162)  hsl(316, 65%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2ce2b  rgb(162, 206, 43)  hsl(76, 65%, 49%)  Yellow Green