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#2BA2CF

#2ba2cf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ba2cf 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 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.23% cyan, 21.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 196.46°, with 65.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.42.

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Relative luminance0.3086

Complementary

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #cf582b

Split complementary

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #cf2b50
  3. #cfaa2b

Analogous

  1. #2bcfaa
  2. #2ba2cf
  3. #2b50cf

Triadic

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #cf2ba2
  3. #a2cf2b

Tetradic

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #582bcf
  3. #cf582b
  4. #a2cf2b

Square

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #aa2bcf
  3. #cf582b
  4. #50cf2b

Monochromatic

  1. #113f50
  2. #1e7090
  3. #2ba2cf
  4. #67bedf
  5. #a6d9ed

Shades

#2ba2cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #2792ba
  3. #2282a6
  4. #1e7191
  5. #1a617c
  6. #165168
  7. #114153
  8. #0d313e
  9. #092029
  10. #041015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ba2cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #40abd4
  3. #55b5d9
  4. #6bbedd
  5. #80c7e2
  6. #95d1e7
  7. #aadaec
  8. #bfe3f1
  9. #d5ecf5
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ba2cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ba2cf
  2. #349fc7
  3. #3c9bbf
  4. #4598b7
  5. #4d94af
  6. #5691a8
  7. #5e8ea0
  8. #678a98
  9. #6f8790
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9fd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7590ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a0d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6098cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aabe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ba2cf {
  color: #2ba2cf;
}
Background
.bg-2ba2cf {
  background-color: #2ba2cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ba2cf {
  border: 2px solid #2ba2cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ba2cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 162 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 66% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ba2cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ba2cf, #2b50cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ba2cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 162 207 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.42 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.09 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.51 #d45d30 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ba2cf  rgb(43, 162, 207)  hsl(196, 66%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#cf582b  rgb(207, 88, 43)  hsl(16, 66%, 49%)  Flame
#cf2ba2  rgb(207, 43, 162)  hsl(316, 66%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2cf2b  rgb(162, 207, 43)  hsl(76, 66%, 49%)  Yellow Green