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#2CA6DB

#2ca6db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca6db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 65.1% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 24.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 198.17°, 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.42.

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Relative luminance0.3292

Complementary

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #db612c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #db2c4f
  3. #dbb82c

Analogous

  1. #2cdbb8
  2. #2ca6db
  3. #2c4fdb

Triadic

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #db2ca6
  3. #a6db2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #612cdb
  3. #db612c
  4. #a6db2c

Square

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #b82cdb
  3. #db612c
  4. #4fdb2c

Monochromatic

  1. #10465e
  2. #1b779f
  3. #2ca6db
  4. #6dc2e6
  5. #afddf1

Shades

#2ca6db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #2895c5
  3. #2385af
  4. #1f7499
  5. #1a6483
  6. #16536e
  7. #124258
  8. #0d3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca6db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #41afdf
  3. #56b8e2
  4. #6bc1e6
  5. #80cae9
  6. #96d3ed
  7. #abdbf1
  8. #c0e4f4
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca6db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca6db
  2. #34a2d2
  3. #3d9ec9
  4. #459bc0
  5. #4e97b7
  6. #5693ae
  7. #5e8fa4
  8. #678b9b
  9. #6f8892
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea0b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba4de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7494da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a5dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9cdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca6db {
  color: #2ca6db;
}
Background
.bg-2ca6db {
  background-color: #2ca6db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca6db {
  border: 2px solid #2ca6db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca6db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 166 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca6db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca6db, #2c4fdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca6db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 166 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.12 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.65 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.82 #d35924 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca6db  rgb(44, 166, 219)  hsl(198, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db612c  rgb(219, 97, 44)  hsl(18, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#db2ca6  rgb(219, 44, 166)  hsl(318, 71%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a6db2c  rgb(166, 219, 44)  hsl(78, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green