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#2CA2FD

#2ca2fd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ca2fd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.61% cyan, 35.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.12°, 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.3347

Complementary

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #fd872c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #fd2c3a
  3. #fdef2c

Analogous

  1. #2cfdef
  2. #2ca2fd
  3. #2c3afd

Triadic

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #fd2ca2
  3. #a2fd2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #872cfd
  3. #fd872c
  4. #a2fd2c

Square

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #ef2cfd
  3. #fd872c
  4. #3afd2c

Monochromatic

  1. #01518f
  2. #027cda
  3. #2ca2fd
  4. #78c3fe
  5. #c4e5fe

Shades

#2ca2fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #2892e4
  3. #2382ca
  4. #1f71b1
  5. #1a6198
  6. #16517f
  7. #124165
  8. #0d314c
  9. #092033
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca2fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #41abfd
  3. #56b5fd
  4. #6bbefe
  5. #80c7fe
  6. #96d1fe
  7. #abdafe
  8. #c0e3fe
  9. #d5ecff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca2fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca2fd
  2. #349ff1
  3. #3d9be4
  4. #4598d8
  5. #4e94cb
  6. #5691bf
  7. #5e8eb2
  8. #678aa6
  9. #6f8799
  10. #78838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9fca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5794fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a9afc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca2fd {
  color: #2ca2fd;
}
Background
.bg-2ca2fd {
  background-color: #2ca2fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca2fd {
  border: 2px solid #2ca2fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca2fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 162 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 98% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca2fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca2fd, #2c3afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca2fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 162 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.88 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.76 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.35 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.59 #d35d02 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca2fd  rgb(44, 162, 253)  hsl(206, 98%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fd872c  rgb(253, 135, 44)  hsl(26, 98%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#fd2ca2  rgb(253, 44, 162)  hsl(326, 98%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a2fd2c  rgb(162, 253, 44)  hsl(86, 98%, 58%)  Green Yellow