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#2C93D4

#2c93d4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2c93d4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 57.65% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.25% cyan, 30.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 203.21°, with 66.14% saturation and 50.2% 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 6.23:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.2616

Complementary

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #d46d2c

Split complementary

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #d42c3f
  3. #d4c12c

Analogous

  1. #2cd4c1
  2. #2c93d4
  3. #2c3fd4

Triadic

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #d42c93
  3. #93d42c

Tetradic

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #6d2cd4
  3. #d46d2c
  4. #93d42c

Square

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #c12cd4
  3. #d46d2c
  4. #3fd42c

Monochromatic

  1. #113b56
  2. #1e6795
  3. #2c93d4
  4. #6cb4e1
  5. #abd4ee

Shades

#2c93d4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #2884bf
  3. #2376aa
  4. #1f6794
  5. #1a587f
  6. #164a6a
  7. #123b55
  8. #0d2c40
  9. #091d2a
  10. #040f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2c93d4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #419ed8
  3. #56a9dd
  4. #6bb3e1
  5. #80bee5
  6. #96c9ea
  7. #abd4ee
  8. #c0dff2
  9. #d5e9f6
  10. #eaf4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2c93d4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2c93d4
  2. #3491cc
  3. #3d8fc3
  4. #458dbb
  5. #4e8bb2
  6. #568aaa
  7. #5e88a2
  8. #678699
  9. #6f8491
  10. #788288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728fad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7494d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d85d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6094d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e8bd3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009dbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2c93d4 {
  color: #2c93d4;
}
Background
.bg-2c93d4 {
  background-color: #2c93d4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2c93d4 {
  border: 2px solid #2c93d4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2c93d4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 147 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 66% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2c93d4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2c93d4, #2c3fd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2c93d4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 147 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.04 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.78 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.61 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.22 #d36c2b Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2c93d4  rgb(44, 147, 212)  hsl(203, 66%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#d46d2c  rgb(212, 109, 44)  hsl(23, 66%, 50%)  Chocolate
#d42c93  rgb(212, 44, 147)  hsl(323, 66%, 50%)  Mulberry
#93d42c  rgb(147, 212, 44)  hsl(83, 66%, 50%)  Yellow Green