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#2CA9FC

#2ca9fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ca9fc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 66.27% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.54% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 203.94°, with 97.2% saturation and 58.04% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3594

Complementary

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #fc7f2c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #fc2c41
  3. #fce72c

Analogous

  1. #2cfce7
  2. #2ca9fc
  3. #2c41fc

Triadic

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #fc2ca9
  3. #a9fc2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #7f2cfc
  3. #fc7f2c
  4. #a9fc2c

Square

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #e72cfc
  3. #fc7f2c
  4. #41fc2c

Monochromatic

  1. #02568d
  2. #0383d8
  3. #2ca9fc
  4. #77c8fd
  5. #c3e6fe

Shades

#2ca9fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #2898e3
  3. #2387ca
  4. #1f76b0
  5. #1a6597
  6. #16557e
  7. #124465
  8. #0d334c
  9. #092232
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca9fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #41b2fc
  3. #56bafd
  4. #6bc3fd
  5. #80cbfd
  6. #96d4fe
  7. #abddfe
  8. #c0e5fe
  9. #d5eefe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca9fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca9fc
  2. #34a5f0
  3. #3da1e3
  4. #459dd7
  5. #4e99ca
  6. #5695be
  7. #5e90b2
  8. #678ca5
  9. #6f8899
  10. #78848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a5cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6599fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aabfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #53a0fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca9fc {
  color: #2ca9fc;
}
Background
.bg-2ca9fc {
  background-color: #2ca9fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca9fc {
  border: 2px solid #2ca9fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca9fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 169 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca9fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca9fc, #2c41fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca9fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 169 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.81 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.47 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.61 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.94 #d35603 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ca9fc  rgb(44, 169, 252)  hsl(204, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc7f2c  rgb(252, 127, 44)  hsl(24, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2ca9  rgb(252, 44, 169)  hsl(324, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a9fc2c  rgb(169, 252, 44)  hsl(84, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow