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#2CA3DA

#2ca3da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca3da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.82% cyan, 25.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 198.97°, with 70.16% saturation and 51.37% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.78.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3179

Complementary

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #da632c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #da2c4c
  3. #daba2c

Analogous

  1. #2cdaba
  2. #2ca3da
  3. #2c4cda

Triadic

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #da2ca3
  3. #a3da2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #632cda
  3. #da632c
  4. #a3da2c

Square

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #ba2cda
  3. #da632c
  4. #4cda2c

Monochromatic

  1. #10455d
  2. #1c759e
  3. #2ca3da
  4. #6dbfe5
  5. #aedcf1

Shades

#2ca3da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #2893c4
  3. #2382ae
  4. #1f7299
  5. #1a6283
  6. #16526d
  7. #124157
  8. #0d3141
  9. #09212c
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca3da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #41acde
  3. #56b5e1
  4. #6bbfe5
  5. #80c8e9
  6. #96d1ed
  7. #abdaf0
  8. #c0e3f4
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca3da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca3da
  2. #34a0d1
  3. #3d9cc8
  4. #4599bf
  5. #4e95b6
  6. #5692ad
  7. #5e8ea4
  8. #678b9b
  9. #6f8792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a2dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7192d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa2dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d99d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca3da {
  color: #2ca3da;
}
Background
.bg-2ca3da {
  background-color: #2ca3da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca3da {
  border: 2px solid #2ca3da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca3da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 163 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 70% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca3da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca3da, #2c4cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca3da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 163 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.81 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.14 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.17 #d35c25 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca3da  rgb(44, 163, 218)  hsl(199, 70%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#da632c  rgb(218, 99, 44)  hsl(19, 70%, 51%)  Flame
#da2ca3  rgb(218, 44, 163)  hsl(319, 70%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a3da2c  rgb(163, 218, 44)  hsl(79, 70%, 51%)  Yellow Green