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#2BABDA

#2babda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2babda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 67.06% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.28% cyan, 21.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 196.11°, with 70.28% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.21.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.347

Complementary

  1. #2babda
  2. #da5a2b

Split complementary

  1. #2babda
  2. #da2b54
  3. #dab12b

Analogous

  1. #2bdab1
  2. #2babda
  3. #2b54da

Triadic

  1. #2babda
  2. #da2bab
  3. #abda2b

Tetradic

  1. #2babda
  2. #5a2bda
  3. #da5a2b
  4. #abda2b

Square

  1. #2babda
  2. #b12bda
  3. #da5a2b
  4. #54da2b

Monochromatic

  1. #10485c
  2. #1b7a9d
  3. #2babda
  4. #6cc5e5
  5. #addff1

Shades

#2babda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2babda
  2. #279ac4
  3. #2289ae
  4. #1e7899
  5. #1a6783
  6. #16566d
  7. #114457
  8. #0d3341
  9. #09222c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2babda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2babda
  2. #40b3de
  3. #55bce1
  4. #6bc4e5
  5. #80cde9
  6. #95d5ed
  7. #aaddf0
  8. #bfe6f4
  9. #d5eef8
  10. #eaf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2babda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2babda
  2. #34a7d1
  3. #3ca2c8
  4. #459ebf
  5. #4d9ab6
  6. #5696ad
  7. #5e91a4
  8. #678d9b
  9. #6f8992
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a4ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a8dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b98d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a9db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65a0da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2babda {
  color: #2babda;
}
Background
.bg-2babda {
  background-color: #2babda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2babda {
  border: 2px solid #2babda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2babda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 171 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 70% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2babda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2babda, #2b54da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2babda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 171 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.34 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.95 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.52 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.49 #d45425 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2babda  rgb(43, 171, 218)  hsl(196, 70%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#da5a2b  rgb(218, 90, 43)  hsl(16, 70%, 51%)  Flame
#da2bab  rgb(218, 43, 171)  hsl(316, 70%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#abda2b  rgb(171, 218, 43)  hsl(76, 70%, 51%)  Yellow Green