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#2CA3FC

#2ca3fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ca3fc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 63.92% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.54% cyan, 35.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 205.67°, with 97.2% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.79.

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Relative luminance0.3376

Complementary

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #fc852c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #fc2c3b
  3. #fced2c

Analogous

  1. #2cfced
  2. #2ca3fc
  3. #2c3bfc

Triadic

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #fc2ca3
  3. #a3fc2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #852cfc
  3. #fc852c
  4. #a3fc2c

Square

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #ed2cfc
  3. #fc852c
  4. #3bfc2c

Monochromatic

  1. #02528d
  2. #037dd8
  3. #2ca3fc
  4. #77c4fd
  5. #c3e5fe

Shades

#2ca3fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #2893e3
  3. #2382ca
  4. #1f72b0
  5. #1a6297
  6. #16527e
  7. #124165
  8. #0d314c
  9. #092132
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca3fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #41acfc
  3. #56b5fd
  4. #6bbffd
  5. #80c8fd
  6. #96d1fe
  7. #abdafe
  8. #c0e3fe
  9. #d5edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca3fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca3fc
  2. #34a0f0
  3. #3d9ce3
  4. #4599d7
  5. #4e95ca
  6. #5692be
  7. #5e8eb2
  8. #678ba5
  9. #6f8799
  10. #78848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9fca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a95fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #63a6fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c9bfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca3fc {
  color: #2ca3fc;
}
Background
.bg-2ca3fc {
  background-color: #2ca3fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca3fc {
  border: 2px solid #2ca3fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca3fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 163 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca3fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca3fc, #2c3bfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca3fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 163 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.11 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.70 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.32 #d35c03 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca3fc  rgb(44, 163, 252)  hsl(206, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc852c  rgb(252, 133, 44)  hsl(26, 97%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#fc2ca3  rgb(252, 44, 163)  hsl(326, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a3fc2c  rgb(163, 252, 44)  hsl(86, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow