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#2CA4DB

#2ca4db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca4db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 64.31% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 25.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 198.86°, with 70.85% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.9.

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Relative luminance0.322

Complementary

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #db632c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #db2c4c
  3. #dbbb2c

Analogous

  1. #2cdbbb
  2. #2ca4db
  3. #2c4cdb

Triadic

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #db2ca4
  3. #a4db2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #632cdb
  3. #db632c
  4. #a4db2c

Square

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #bb2cdb
  3. #db632c
  4. #4cdb2c

Monochromatic

  1. #10455e
  2. #1b769f
  3. #2ca4db
  4. #6dc0e6
  5. #afdcf1

Shades

#2ca4db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #2894c5
  3. #2383af
  4. #1f7399
  5. #1a6283
  6. #16526e
  7. #124258
  8. #0d3142
  9. #09212c
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca4db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #41addf
  3. #56b6e2
  4. #6bbfe6
  5. #80c8e9
  6. #96d2ed
  7. #abdbf1
  8. #c0e4f4
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca4db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca4db
  2. #34a0d2
  3. #3d9dc9
  4. #4599c0
  5. #4e96b7
  6. #5692ae
  7. #5e8ea4
  8. #678b9b
  9. #6f8792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9eb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a3de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7293da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa3dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9ada ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca4db {
  color: #2ca4db;
}
Background
.bg-2ca4db {
  background-color: #2ca4db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca4db {
  border: 2px solid #2ca4db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca4db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 164 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca4db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca4db, #2c4cdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca4db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 164 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.81 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.91 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.41 #d35b24 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca4db  rgb(44, 164, 219)  hsl(199, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db632c  rgb(219, 99, 44)  hsl(19, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#db2ca4  rgb(219, 44, 164)  hsl(319, 71%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a4db2c  rgb(164, 219, 44)  hsl(79, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green