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#2BAAE7

#2baae7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2baae7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 66.67% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.39% cyan, 26.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 199.47°, with 79.66% saturation and 53.73% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.56.

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Relative luminance0.3503

Complementary

  1. #2baae7
  2. #e7682b

Split complementary

  1. #2baae7
  2. #e72b4c
  3. #e7c62b

Analogous

  1. #2be7c6
  2. #2baae7
  3. #2b4ce7

Triadic

  1. #2baae7
  2. #e72baa
  3. #aae72b

Tetradic

  1. #2baae7
  2. #682be7
  3. #e7682b
  4. #aae72b

Square

  1. #2baae7
  2. #c62be7
  3. #e7682b
  4. #4ce72b

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4d6d
  2. #147eb1
  3. #2baae7
  4. #70c6ef
  5. #b4e1f7

Shades

#2baae7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2baae7
  2. #2799d0
  3. #2288b9
  4. #1e77a2
  5. #1a668b
  6. #165574
  7. #11445c
  8. #0d3345
  9. #09222e
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2baae7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2baae7
  2. #40b3e9
  3. #55bbec
  4. #6bc4ee
  5. #80ccf1
  6. #95d5f3
  7. #aaddf5
  8. #bfe6f8
  9. #d5eefa
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2baae7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2baae7
  2. #34a6dd
  3. #3ca2d2
  4. #459dc8
  5. #4d99be
  6. #5695b4
  7. #5e91a9
  8. #678d9f
  9. #6f8895
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a4c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca9ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7398e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72aae9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa0e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2baae7 {
  color: #2baae7;
}
Background
.bg-2baae7 {
  background-color: #2baae7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2baae7 {
  border: 2px solid #2baae7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2baae7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 170 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 80% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2baae7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2baae7, #2b4ce7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2baae7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 170 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.56 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.76 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.57 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.66 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.23 #d45518 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2baae7  rgb(43, 170, 231)  hsl(199, 80%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e7682b  rgb(231, 104, 43)  hsl(19, 80%, 54%)  Persimmon
#e72baa  rgb(231, 43, 170)  hsl(319, 80%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#aae72b  rgb(170, 231, 43)  hsl(79, 80%, 54%)  Inchworm