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#2CA4E4

#2ca4e4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca4e4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.7% cyan, 28.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 200.87°, with 77.31% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.39.

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Relative luminance0.3269

Complementary

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #e46c2c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #e42c48
  3. #e4c82c

Analogous

  1. #2ce4c8
  2. #2ca4e4
  3. #2c48e4

Triadic

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #e42ca4
  3. #a4e42c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #6c2ce4
  3. #e46c2c
  4. #a4e42c

Square

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #c82ce4
  3. #e46c2c
  4. #48e42c

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4969
  2. #1679ad
  3. #2ca4e4
  4. #70c1ed
  5. #b4def5

Shades

#2ca4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #2894cd
  3. #2383b6
  4. #1f73a0
  5. #1a6289
  6. #165272
  7. #12425b
  8. #0d3144
  9. #09212e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #41ade7
  3. #56b6e9
  4. #6bbfec
  5. #80c8ef
  6. #96d2f2
  7. #abdbf4
  8. #c0e4f7
  9. #d5edfa
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca4e4
  2. #34a0da
  3. #3d9dd0
  4. #4599c6
  5. #4e96bc
  6. #5692b2
  7. #5e8ea8
  8. #678b9e
  9. #6f8794
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a4e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d93e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da4e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9ae3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca4e4 {
  color: #2ca4e4;
}
Background
.bg-2ca4e4 {
  background-color: #2ca4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 164 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 77% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca4e4, #2c48e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 164 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.93 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.35 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.53 #d35b1b Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca4e4  rgb(44, 164, 228)  hsl(201, 77%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e46c2c  rgb(228, 108, 44)  hsl(21, 77%, 53%)  Persimmon
#e42ca4  rgb(228, 44, 164)  hsl(321, 77%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e42c  rgb(164, 228, 44)  hsl(81, 77%, 53%)  Inchworm