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#2CAAFA

#2caafa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2caafa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 66.67% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.4% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 203.3°, with 95.37% saturation and 57.65% 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.05.

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Relative luminance0.3619

Complementary

  1. #2caafa
  2. #fa7c2c

Split complementary

  1. #2caafa
  2. #fa2c43
  3. #fae32c

Analogous

  1. #2cfae3
  2. #2caafa
  3. #2c43fa

Triadic

  1. #2caafa
  2. #fa2caa
  3. #aafa2c

Tetradic

  1. #2caafa
  2. #7c2cfa
  3. #fa7c2c
  4. #aafa2c

Square

  1. #2caafa
  2. #e32cfa
  3. #fa7c2c
  4. #43fa2c

Monochromatic

  1. #03568a
  2. #0584d4
  3. #2caafa
  4. #77c8fc
  5. #c1e6fe

Shades

#2caafa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2caafa
  2. #2899e1
  3. #2388c8
  4. #1f77af
  5. #1a6696
  6. #16557d
  7. #124464
  8. #0d334b
  9. #092232
  10. #041119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2caafa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2caafa
  2. #41b3fb
  3. #56bbfb
  4. #6bc4fc
  5. #80ccfc
  6. #96d5fd
  7. #abddfd
  8. #c0e6fe
  9. #d5eefe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2caafa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2caafa
  2. #34a6ee
  3. #3da2e2
  4. #459dd5
  5. #4e99c9
  6. #5695bd
  7. #5e91b1
  8. #678da5
  9. #6f8898
  10. #78848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a5cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84acfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #689af9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6cabfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #56a1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2caafa {
  color: #2caafa;
}
Background
.bg-2caafa {
  background-color: #2caafa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2caafa {
  border: 2px solid #2caafa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2caafa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 170 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2caafa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2caafa, #2c43fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2caafa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 170 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.58 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.02 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.38 #d35505 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2caafa  rgb(44, 170, 250)  hsl(203, 95%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fa7c2c  rgb(250, 124, 44)  hsl(23, 95%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fa2caa  rgb(250, 44, 170)  hsl(323, 95%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#aafa2c  rgb(170, 250, 44)  hsl(83, 95%, 58%)  Green Yellow