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#2CA1FD

#2ca1fd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ca1fd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 63.14% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.61% cyan, 36.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.41°, with 98.12% saturation and 58.24% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.92.

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Relative luminance0.3312

Complementary

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #fd882c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #fd2c39
  3. #fdf02c

Analogous

  1. #2cfdf0
  2. #2ca1fd
  3. #2c39fd

Triadic

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #fd2ca1
  3. #a1fd2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #882cfd
  3. #fd882c
  4. #a1fd2c

Square

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #f02cfd
  3. #fd882c
  4. #39fd2c

Monochromatic

  1. #01508f
  2. #027bda
  3. #2ca1fd
  4. #78c3fe
  5. #c4e5fe

Shades

#2ca1fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #2891e4
  3. #2381ca
  4. #1f71b1
  5. #1a6198
  6. #16517f
  7. #124065
  8. #0d304c
  9. #092033
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca1fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #41aafd
  3. #56b4fd
  4. #6bbdfe
  5. #80c7fe
  6. #96d0fe
  7. #abd9fe
  8. #c0e3fe
  9. #d5ecff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca1fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca1fd
  2. #349ef1
  3. #3d9ae4
  4. #4597d8
  5. #4e94cb
  6. #5691bf
  7. #5e8db2
  8. #678aa6
  9. #6f8799
  10. #78838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9eca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #75a6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5693fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4899fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca1fd {
  color: #2ca1fd;
}
Background
.bg-2ca1fd {
  background-color: #2ca1fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca1fd {
  border: 2px solid #2ca1fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca1fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 161 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 98% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca1fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca1fd, #2c39fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca1fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 161 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.92 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.47 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.86 #d35e02 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca1fd  rgb(44, 161, 253)  hsl(206, 98%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fd882c  rgb(253, 136, 44)  hsl(26, 98%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#fd2ca1  rgb(253, 44, 161)  hsl(326, 98%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a1fd2c  rgb(161, 253, 44)  hsl(86, 98%, 58%)  Green Yellow