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#2CA3D9

#2ca3d9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca3d9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 63.92% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.72% cyan, 24.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 198.73°, with 69.48% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3174

Complementary

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #d9622c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #d92c4d
  3. #d9b92c

Analogous

  1. #2cd9b9
  2. #2ca3d9
  3. #2c4dd9

Triadic

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #d92ca3
  3. #a3d92c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #622cd9
  3. #d9622c
  4. #a3d92c

Square

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #b92cd9
  3. #d9622c
  4. #4dd92c

Monochromatic

  1. #10445c
  2. #1c749c
  3. #2ca3d9
  4. #6dbfe5
  5. #aedcf0

Shades

#2ca3d9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #2893c3
  3. #2382ae
  4. #1f7298
  5. #1a6282
  6. #16526d
  7. #124157
  8. #0d3141
  9. #09212b
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca3d9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #41acdd
  3. #56b5e1
  4. #6bbfe4
  5. #80c8e8
  6. #96d1ec
  7. #abdaf0
  8. #c0e3f4
  9. #d5edf7
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca3d9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca3d9
  2. #34a0d0
  3. #3d9cc7
  4. #4599be
  5. #4e95b5
  6. #5692ad
  7. #5e8ea4
  8. #678b9b
  9. #6f8792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9db6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a2dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7192d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa2db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d99d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca3d9 {
  color: #2ca3d9;
}
Background
.bg-2ca3d9 {
  background-color: #2ca3d9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca3d9 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca3d9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca3d9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 163 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 69% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca3d9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca3d9, #2c4dd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca3d9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 163 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.89 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.98 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.23 #d35c26 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca3d9  rgb(44, 163, 217)  hsl(199, 69%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#d9622c  rgb(217, 98, 44)  hsl(19, 69%, 51%)  Flame
#d92ca3  rgb(217, 44, 163)  hsl(319, 69%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a3d92c  rgb(163, 217, 44)  hsl(79, 69%, 51%)  Yellow Green