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#2C98CA

#2c98ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2c98ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 59.61% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.22% cyan, 24.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 198.99°, with 64.23% saturation and 48.24% 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 6.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2726

Complementary

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #ca5e2c

Split complementary

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #ca2c49
  3. #caad2c

Analogous

  1. #2ccaad
  2. #2c98ca
  3. #2c49ca

Triadic

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #ca2c98
  3. #98ca2c

Tetradic

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #5e2cca
  3. #ca5e2c
  4. #98ca2c

Square

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #ad2cca
  3. #ca5e2c
  4. #49ca2c

Monochromatic

  1. #11394c
  2. #1e698b
  3. #2c98ca
  4. #65b7dd
  5. #a4d5eb

Shades

#2c98ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #2889b6
  3. #237aa2
  4. #1f6a8d
  5. #1a5b79
  6. #164c65
  7. #123d51
  8. #0d2e3d
  9. #091e28
  10. #040f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2c98ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #41a2cf
  3. #56add5
  4. #6bb7da
  5. #80c1df
  6. #96cce5
  7. #abd6ea
  8. #c0e0ef
  9. #d5eaf4
  10. #eaf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2c98ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2c98ca
  2. #3496c3
  3. #3d93bb
  4. #4591b4
  5. #4e8eac
  6. #568ca5
  7. #5e8a9e
  8. #678796
  9. #6f858f
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7492aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f97cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a88c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6897cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #588fca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2c98ca {
  color: #2c98ca;
}
Background
.bg-2c98ca {
  background-color: #2c98ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2c98ca {
  border: 2px solid #2c98ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2c98ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 152 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 64% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2c98ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2c98ca, #2c49ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2c98ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 152 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.71 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.37 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.11 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.10 #d36735 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2c98ca  rgb(44, 152, 202)  hsl(199, 64%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ca5e2c  rgb(202, 94, 44)  hsl(19, 64%, 48%)  Flame
#ca2c98  rgb(202, 44, 152)  hsl(319, 64%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#98ca2c  rgb(152, 202, 44)  hsl(79, 64%, 48%)  Yellow Green