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#2CABE4

#2cabe4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2cabe4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.7% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 198.59°, with 77.31% saturation and 53.33% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.3526

Complementary

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #e4652c

Split complementary

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #e42c4f
  3. #e4c12c

Analogous

  1. #2ce4c1
  2. #2cabe4
  3. #2c4fe4

Triadic

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #e42cab
  3. #abe42c

Tetradic

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #652ce4
  3. #e4652c
  4. #abe42c

Square

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #c12ce4
  3. #e4652c
  4. #4fe42c

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4d69
  2. #167ead
  3. #2cabe4
  4. #70c6ed
  5. #b4e1f5

Shades

#2cabe4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #289acd
  3. #2389b6
  4. #1f78a0
  5. #1a6789
  6. #165672
  7. #12445b
  8. #0d3344
  9. #09222e
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2cabe4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #41b3e7
  3. #56bce9
  4. #6bc4ec
  5. #80cdef
  6. #96d5f2
  7. #abddf4
  8. #c0e6f7
  9. #d5eefa
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2cabe4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2cabe4
  2. #34a7da
  3. #3da2d0
  4. #459ec6
  5. #4e9abc
  6. #5696b2
  7. #5e91a8
  8. #678d9e
  9. #6f8994
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a5bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8faae7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7799e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74aae6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a0e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2cabe4 {
  color: #2cabe4;
}
Background
.bg-2cabe4 {
  background-color: #2cabe4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2cabe4 {
  border: 2px solid #2cabe4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2cabe4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 171 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 77% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2cabe4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cabe4, #2c4fe4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2cabe4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 171 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.00 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.24 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.08 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.03 #d3541b Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2cabe4  rgb(44, 171, 228)  hsl(199, 77%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e4652c  rgb(228, 101, 44)  hsl(19, 77%, 53%)  Flame
#e42cab  rgb(228, 44, 171)  hsl(319, 77%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#abe42c  rgb(171, 228, 44)  hsl(79, 77%, 53%)  Inchworm