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#2CA5DC

#2ca5dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca5dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 64.71% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 198.75°, with 71.54% saturation and 51.76% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.03.

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Relative luminance0.3261

Complementary

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #dc632c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #dc2c4d
  3. #dcbb2c

Analogous

  1. #2cdcbb
  2. #2ca5dc
  3. #2c4ddc

Triadic

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #dc2ca5
  3. #a5dc2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #632cdc
  3. #dc632c
  4. #a5dc2c

Square

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #bb2cdc
  3. #dc632c
  4. #4ddc2c

Monochromatic

  1. #10465f
  2. #1b77a1
  3. #2ca5dc
  4. #6ec1e7
  5. #afddf2

Shades

#2ca5dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #2895c6
  3. #2384b0
  4. #1f749a
  5. #1a6384
  6. #16536e
  7. #124258
  8. #0d3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca5dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #41aee0
  3. #56b7e3
  4. #6bc0e7
  5. #80c9ea
  6. #96d2ee
  7. #abdbf1
  8. #c0e4f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca5dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca5dc
  2. #34a1d3
  3. #3d9eca
  4. #459ac0
  5. #4e96b7
  6. #5693ae
  7. #5e8fa5
  8. #678b9c
  9. #6f8792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa4df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7394db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a4de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9bdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca5dc {
  color: #2ca5dc;
}
Background
.bg-2ca5dc {
  background-color: #2ca5dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca5dc {
  border: 2px solid #2ca5dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca5dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 165 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca5dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca5dc, #2c4ddc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca5dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 165 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.82 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.96 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.68 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.65 #d35a23 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca5dc  rgb(44, 165, 220)  hsl(199, 72%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dc632c  rgb(220, 99, 44)  hsl(19, 72%, 52%)  Flame
#dc2ca5  rgb(220, 44, 165)  hsl(319, 72%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a5dc2c  rgb(165, 220, 44)  hsl(79, 72%, 52%)  Yellow Green