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#2BA2D8

#2ba2d8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ba2d8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.09% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 198.73°, with 68.92% saturation and 50.78% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.86.

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Relative luminance0.3131

Complementary

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #d8612b

Split complementary

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #d82b4b
  3. #d8b72b

Analogous

  1. #2bd8b7
  2. #2ba2d8
  3. #2b4bd8

Triadic

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #d82ba2
  3. #a2d82b

Tetradic

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #612bd8
  3. #d8612b
  4. #a2d82b

Square

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #b72bd8
  3. #d8612b
  4. #4bd82b

Monochromatic

  1. #10435a
  2. #1c739a
  3. #2ba2d8
  4. #6cbee4
  5. #acdbf0

Shades

#2ba2d8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #2792c2
  3. #2282ad
  4. #1e7197
  5. #1a6182
  6. #16516c
  7. #114156
  8. #0d3141
  9. #09202b
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ba2d8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #40abdc
  3. #55b5e0
  4. #6bbee4
  5. #80c7e8
  6. #95d1ec
  7. #aadaef
  8. #bfe3f3
  9. #d5ecf7
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ba2d8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ba2d8
  2. #349fcf
  3. #3c9bc6
  4. #4598be
  5. #4d94b5
  6. #5691ac
  7. #5e8ea3
  8. #678a9a
  9. #6f8792
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9cb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7091d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea1da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c98d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ba2d8 {
  color: #2ba2d8;
}
Background
.bg-2ba2d8 {
  background-color: #2ba2d8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ba2d8 {
  border: 2px solid #2ba2d8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ba2d8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 162 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 69% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ba2d8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ba2d8, #2b4bd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ba2d8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 162 216 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.09 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.50 #d45d27 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ba2d8  rgb(43, 162, 216)  hsl(199, 69%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#d8612b  rgb(216, 97, 43)  hsl(19, 69%, 51%)  Flame
#d82ba2  rgb(216, 43, 162)  hsl(319, 69%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a2d82b  rgb(162, 216, 43)  hsl(79, 69%, 51%)  Yellow Green