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#2BACEA

#2bacea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2bacea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 67.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.62% cyan, 26.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.48°, with 81.97% saturation and 54.31% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.97.

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Relative luminance0.3596

Complementary

  1. #2bacea
  2. #ea692b

Split complementary

  1. #2bacea
  2. #ea2b4c
  3. #eac92b

Analogous

  1. #2beac9
  2. #2bacea
  3. #2b4cea

Triadic

  1. #2bacea
  2. #ea2bac
  3. #acea2b

Tetradic

  1. #2bacea
  2. #692bea
  3. #ea692b
  4. #acea2b

Square

  1. #2bacea
  2. #c92bea
  3. #ea692b
  4. #4cea2b

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5071
  2. #1281b6
  3. #2bacea
  4. #71c7f1
  5. #b6e2f8

Shades

#2bacea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2bacea
  2. #279bd3
  3. #228abb
  4. #1e78a4
  5. #1a678c
  6. #165675
  7. #11455e
  8. #0d3446
  9. #09222f
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2bacea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2bacea
  2. #40b4ec
  3. #55bdee
  4. #6bc5f0
  5. #80cdf2
  6. #95d6f5
  7. #aadef7
  8. #bfe6f9
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2bacea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2bacea
  2. #34a8df
  3. #3ca3d5
  4. #459fca
  5. #4d9ac0
  6. #5696b5
  7. #5e92aa
  8. #678da0
  9. #6f8995
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eabed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73acec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2bacea {
  color: #2bacea;
}
Background
.bg-2bacea {
  background-color: #2bacea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2bacea {
  border: 2px solid #2bacea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2bacea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 172 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2bacea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bacea, #2b4cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2bacea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 172 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.71 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.15 #d45315 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2bacea  rgb(43, 172, 234)  hsl(199, 82%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ea692b  rgb(234, 105, 43)  hsl(19, 82%, 54%)  Persimmon
#ea2bac  rgb(234, 43, 172)  hsl(319, 82%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#acea2b  rgb(172, 234, 43)  hsl(79, 82%, 54%)  Inchworm