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#2CA5EA

#2ca5ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca5ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.2% cyan, 29.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 201.79°, with 81.9% saturation and 54.51% 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 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.3339

Complementary

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #ea712c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #ea2c46
  3. #ead02c

Analogous

  1. #2cead0
  2. #2ca5ea
  3. #2c46ea

Triadic

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #ea2ca5
  3. #a5ea2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #712cea
  3. #ea712c
  4. #a5ea2c

Square

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #d02cea
  3. #ea712c
  4. #46ea2c

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4d72
  2. #127bb7
  3. #2ca5ea
  4. #72c3f1
  5. #b7e0f8

Shades

#2ca5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #2895d3
  3. #2384bb
  4. #1f74a4
  5. #1a638c
  6. #165375
  7. #12425e
  8. #0d3246
  9. #09212f
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #41aeec
  3. #56b7ee
  4. #6bc0f0
  5. #80c9f2
  6. #96d2f5
  7. #abdbf7
  8. #c0e4f9
  9. #d5edfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca5ea
  2. #34a1df
  3. #3d9ed5
  4. #459aca
  5. #4e96c0
  6. #5693b5
  7. #5e8faa
  8. #678ba0
  9. #6f8795
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea0c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca5ea {
  color: #2ca5ea;
}
Background
.bg-2ca5ea {
  background-color: #2ca5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca5ea {
  border: 2px solid #2ca5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 165 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca5ea, #2c46ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 165 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.28 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.86 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.29 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.68 #d35a15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca5ea  rgb(44, 165, 234)  hsl(202, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea712c  rgb(234, 113, 44)  hsl(22, 82%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ea2ca5  rgb(234, 44, 165)  hsl(322, 82%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a5ea2c  rgb(165, 234, 44)  hsl(82, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm