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#2BA4FA

#2ba4fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ba4fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.8% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.93°, with 95.39% saturation and 57.45% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.3397

Complementary

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #fa812b

Split complementary

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #fa2b3c
  3. #fae92b

Analogous

  1. #2bfae9
  2. #2ba4fa
  3. #2b3cfa

Triadic

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #fa2ba4
  3. #a4fa2b

Tetradic

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #812bfa
  3. #fa812b
  4. #a4fa2b

Square

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #e92bfa
  3. #fa812b
  4. #3cfa2b

Monochromatic

  1. #035189
  2. #057ed4
  3. #2ba4fa
  4. #76c4fc
  5. #c0e4fe

Shades

#2ba4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #2794e1
  3. #2283c8
  4. #1e73af
  5. #1a6296
  6. #16527d
  7. #114264
  8. #0d314b
  9. #092132
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ba4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #40adfb
  3. #55b6fb
  4. #6bbffc
  5. #80c8fc
  6. #95d2fd
  7. #aadbfd
  8. #bfe4fe
  9. #d5edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ba4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ba4fa
  2. #34a0ee
  3. #3c9de2
  4. #4599d5
  5. #4d96c9
  6. #5692bd
  7. #5e8eb1
  8. #678ba5
  9. #6f8798
  10. #78848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa0c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d95f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e9bf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ba4fa {
  color: #2ba4fa;
}
Background
.bg-2ba4fa {
  background-color: #2ba4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ba4fa {
  border: 2px solid #2ba4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ba4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ba4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ba4fa, #2b3cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ba4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.34 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.06 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.17 #d45b05 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ba4fa  rgb(43, 164, 250)  hsl(205, 95%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fa812b  rgb(250, 129, 43)  hsl(25, 95%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fa2ba4  rgb(250, 43, 164)  hsl(325, 95%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a4fa2b  rgb(164, 250, 43)  hsl(85, 95%, 57%)  Green Yellow