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#2CA2DB

#2ca2db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca2db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 63.53% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 26.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 199.54°, with 70.85% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.48.

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Relative luminance0.3149

Complementary

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #db652c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #db2c4b
  3. #dbbc2c

Analogous

  1. #2cdbbc
  2. #2ca2db
  3. #2c4bdb

Triadic

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #db2ca2
  3. #a2db2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #652cdb
  3. #db652c
  4. #a2db2c

Square

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #bc2cdb
  3. #db652c
  4. #4bdb2c

Monochromatic

  1. #10455e
  2. #1b749f
  3. #2ca2db
  4. #6dbfe6
  5. #afdcf1

Shades

#2ca2db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #2892c5
  3. #2382af
  4. #1f7199
  5. #1a6183
  6. #16516e
  7. #124158
  8. #0d3142
  9. #09202c
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca2db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #41abdf
  3. #56b5e2
  4. #6bbee6
  5. #80c7e9
  6. #96d1ed
  7. #abdaf1
  8. #c0e3f4
  9. #d5ecf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca2db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca2db
  2. #349fd2
  3. #3d9bc9
  4. #4598c0
  5. #4e94b7
  6. #5691ae
  7. #5e8ea4
  8. #678a9b
  9. #6f8792
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9cb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a1de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f91da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b98da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca2db {
  color: #2ca2db;
}
Background
.bg-2ca2db {
  background-color: #2ca2db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca2db {
  border: 2px solid #2ca2db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca2db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 162 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca2db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca2db, #2c4bdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca2db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 162 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.27 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.43 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.97 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.04 #d35d24 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca2db  rgb(44, 162, 219)  hsl(200, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db652c  rgb(219, 101, 44)  hsl(20, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#db2ca2  rgb(219, 44, 162)  hsl(320, 71%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a2db2c  rgb(162, 219, 44)  hsl(80, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green