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#2CA3FF

#2ca3ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ca3ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.75% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 206.16°, with 100% saturation and 58.63% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.03.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3395

Complementary

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #ff882c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #ff2c3a
  3. #fff12c

Analogous

  1. #2cfff1
  2. #2ca3ff
  3. #2c3aff

Triadic

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #ff2ca3
  3. #a3ff2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #882cff
  3. #ff882c
  4. #a3ff2c

Square

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #f12cff
  3. #ff882c
  4. #3aff2c

Monochromatic

  1. #005292
  2. #007ddf
  3. #2ca3ff
  4. #79c4ff
  5. #c5e6ff

Shades

#2ca3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #2893e6
  3. #2382cc
  4. #1f72b3
  5. #1a6299
  6. #165280
  7. #124166
  8. #0d314d
  9. #092133
  10. #04101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #41acff
  3. #56b5ff
  4. #6bbfff
  5. #80c8ff
  6. #96d1ff
  7. #abdaff
  8. #c0e3ff
  9. #d5edff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca3ff
  2. #34a0f2
  3. #3d9ce6
  4. #4599d9
  5. #4e95cc
  6. #5692c0
  7. #5e8eb3
  8. #678ba6
  9. #6f8799
  10. #78848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa0cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5895fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a9bfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca3ff {
  color: #2ca3ff;
}
Background
.bg-2ca3ff {
  background-color: #2ca3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca3ff {
  border: 2px solid #2ca3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 163 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca3ff, #2c3aff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 163 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.03 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.96 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.34 #d35c00 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca3ff  rgb(44, 163, 255)  hsl(206, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff882c  rgb(255, 136, 44)  hsl(26, 100%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#ff2ca3  rgb(255, 44, 163)  hsl(326, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a3ff2c  rgb(163, 255, 44)  hsl(86, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow