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#2CA8D4

#2ca8d4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca8d4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 65.88% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.25% cyan, 20.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 195.71°, with 66.14% saturation and 50.2% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.24.

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Relative luminance0.3329

Complementary

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #d4582c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #d42c54
  3. #d4ac2c

Analogous

  1. #2cd4ac
  2. #2ca8d4
  3. #2c54d4

Triadic

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #d42ca8
  3. #a8d42c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #582cd4
  3. #d4582c
  4. #a8d42c

Square

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #ac2cd4
  3. #d4582c
  4. #54d42c

Monochromatic

  1. #114456
  2. #1e7695
  3. #2ca8d4
  4. #6cc2e1
  5. #abdcee

Shades

#2ca8d4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #2897bf
  3. #2386aa
  4. #1f7694
  5. #1a657f
  6. #16546a
  7. #124355
  8. #0d3240
  9. #09222a
  10. #041115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca8d4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #41b1d8
  3. #56b9dd
  4. #6bc2e1
  5. #80cbe5
  6. #96d4ea
  7. #abdcee
  8. #c0e5f2
  9. #d5eef6
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca8d4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca8d4
  2. #34a4cc
  3. #3da0c3
  4. #459cbb
  5. #4e98b2
  6. #5694aa
  7. #5e90a2
  8. #678c99
  9. #6f8891
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea1b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a5d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a95d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a6d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #649dd4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca8d4 {
  color: #2ca8d4;
}
Background
.bg-2ca8d4 {
  background-color: #2ca8d4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca8d4 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca8d4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca8d4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 168 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 66% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca8d4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca8d4, #2c54d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca8d4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 168 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.47 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.18 #d3572b Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca8d4  rgb(44, 168, 212)  hsl(196, 66%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#d4582c  rgb(212, 88, 44)  hsl(16, 66%, 50%)  Flame
#d42ca8  rgb(212, 44, 168)  hsl(316, 66%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#a8d42c  rgb(168, 212, 44)  hsl(76, 66%, 50%)  Yellow Green