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#2CA8E2

#2ca8e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca8e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.53% cyan, 25.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 199.12°, with 75.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.28.

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Relative luminance0.3403

Complementary

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #e2662c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #e22c4d
  3. #e2c12c

Analogous

  1. #2ce2c1
  2. #2ca8e2
  3. #2c4de2

Triadic

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #e22ca8
  3. #a8e22c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #662ce2
  3. #e2662c
  4. #a8e22c

Square

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #c12ce2
  3. #e2662c
  4. #4de22c

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4b67
  2. #177baa
  3. #2ca8e2
  4. #6fc4eb
  5. #b3dff4

Shades

#2ca8e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #2897cb
  3. #2386b5
  4. #1f769e
  5. #1a6588
  6. #165471
  7. #12435a
  8. #0d3244
  9. #09222d
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca8e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #41b1e5
  3. #56b9e8
  4. #6bc2eb
  5. #80cbee
  6. #96d4f1
  7. #abdcf3
  8. #c0e5f6
  9. #d5eef9
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca8e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca8e2
  2. #34a4d8
  3. #3da0ce
  4. #459cc5
  5. #4e98bb
  6. #5694b1
  7. #5e90a7
  8. #678c9d
  9. #6f8894
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a2bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba7e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7396e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a7e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9ee1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca8e2 {
  color: #2ca8e2;
}
Background
.bg-2ca8e2 {
  background-color: #2ca8e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca8e2 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca8e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca8e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 168 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 76% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca8e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca8e2, #2c4de2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca8e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 168 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.28 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.77 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.29 #d3571d Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca8e2  rgb(44, 168, 226)  hsl(199, 76%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e2662c  rgb(226, 102, 44)  hsl(19, 76%, 53%)  Flame
#e22ca8  rgb(226, 44, 168)  hsl(319, 76%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#a8e22c  rgb(168, 226, 44)  hsl(79, 76%, 53%)  Inchworm