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#2CA2F3

#2ca2f3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ca2f3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 63.53% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.89% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 204.42°, with 89.24% saturation and 56.27% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.06.

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Relative luminance0.3285

Complementary

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #f37d2c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #f32c3e
  3. #f3e02c

Analogous

  1. #2cf3e0
  2. #2ca2f3
  3. #2c3ef3

Triadic

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #f32ca2
  3. #a2f32c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #7d2cf3
  3. #f37d2c
  4. #a2f32c

Square

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #e02cf3
  3. #f37d2c
  4. #3ef32c

Monochromatic

  1. #074e7f
  2. #0b7bc7
  3. #2ca2f3
  4. #74c2f7
  5. #bde2fb

Shades

#2ca2f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #2892db
  3. #2382c2
  4. #1f71aa
  5. #1a6192
  6. #16517a
  7. #124161
  8. #0d3149
  9. #092031
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca2f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #41abf4
  3. #56b5f5
  4. #6bbef7
  5. #80c7f8
  6. #96d1f9
  7. #abdafa
  8. #c0e3fb
  9. #d5ecfd
  10. #eaf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca2f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca2f3
  2. #349fe8
  3. #3d9bdc
  4. #4598d1
  5. #4e94c5
  6. #5691ba
  7. #5e8eae
  8. #678aa3
  9. #6f8797
  10. #78838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ec5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca5f6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6093f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a4f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5099f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca2f3 {
  color: #2ca2f3;
}
Background
.bg-2ca2f3 {
  background-color: #2ca2f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca2f3 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca2f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca2f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 162 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 89% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca2f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca2f3, #2c3ef3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca2f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 162 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.37 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.56 #d35d0c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca2f3  rgb(44, 162, 243)  hsl(204, 89%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#f37d2c  rgb(243, 125, 44)  hsl(24, 89%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#f32ca2  rgb(243, 44, 162)  hsl(324, 89%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a2f32c  rgb(162, 243, 44)  hsl(84, 89%, 56%)  Spring Bud