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#2CABDF

#2cabdf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2cabdf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 67.06% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.27% cyan, 23.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 197.43°, with 73.66% saturation and 52.35% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.44.

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Relative luminance0.3499

Complementary

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #df602c

Split complementary

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #df2c51
  3. #dfb92c

Analogous

  1. #2cdfb9
  2. #2cabdf
  3. #2c51df

Triadic

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #df2cab
  3. #abdf2c

Tetradic

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #602cdf
  3. #df602c
  4. #abdf2c

Square

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #b92cdf
  3. #df602c
  4. #51df2c

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4b63
  2. #197da5
  3. #2cabdf
  4. #6ec5e9
  5. #b1e0f3

Shades

#2cabdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #289ac9
  3. #2389b2
  4. #1f789c
  5. #1a6786
  6. #165670
  7. #124459
  8. #0d3343
  9. #09222d
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2cabdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #41b3e2
  3. #56bce5
  4. #6bc4e9
  5. #80cdec
  6. #96d5ef
  7. #abddf2
  8. #c0e6f5
  9. #d5eef9
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2cabdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2cabdf
  2. #34a7d6
  3. #3da2cc
  4. #459ec3
  5. #4e9ab9
  6. #5696b0
  7. #5e91a6
  8. #678d9d
  9. #6f8993
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a4bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a9e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7998de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75aae0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a0df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2cabdf {
  color: #2cabdf;
}
Background
.bg-2cabdf {
  background-color: #2cabdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2cabdf {
  border: 2px solid #2cabdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2cabdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 171 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 74% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2cabdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cabdf, #2c51df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2cabdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 171 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.37 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.78 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.16 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.18 #d35420 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2cabdf  rgb(44, 171, 223)  hsl(197, 74%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#df602c  rgb(223, 96, 44)  hsl(17, 74%, 52%)  Flame
#df2cab  rgb(223, 44, 171)  hsl(317, 74%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#abdf2c  rgb(171, 223, 44)  hsl(77, 74%, 52%)  June Bud