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#2CACE3

#2cace3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2cace3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 67.45% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.62% cyan, 24.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 198.03°, with 76.57% saturation and 53.14% 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.3559

Complementary

  1. #2cace3
  2. #e3632c

Split complementary

  1. #2cace3
  2. #e32c51
  3. #e3be2c

Analogous

  1. #2ce3be
  2. #2cace3
  3. #2c51e3

Triadic

  1. #2cace3
  2. #e32cac
  3. #ace32c

Tetradic

  1. #2cace3
  2. #632ce3
  3. #e3632c
  4. #ace32c

Square

  1. #2cace3
  2. #be2ce3
  3. #e3632c
  4. #51e32c

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4d68
  2. #177fac
  3. #2cace3
  4. #70c7ec
  5. #b3e1f5

Shades

#2cace3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2cace3
  2. #289bcc
  3. #238ab6
  4. #1f789f
  5. #1a6788
  6. #165672
  7. #12455b
  8. #0d3444
  9. #09222d
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2cace3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2cace3
  2. #41b4e6
  3. #56bde9
  4. #6bc5eb
  5. #80cdee
  6. #96d6f1
  7. #abdef4
  8. #c0e6f7
  9. #d5eef9
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2cace3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2cace3
  2. #34a8d9
  3. #3da3cf
  4. #459fc5
  5. #4e9abb
  6. #5696b2
  7. #5e92a8
  8. #678d9e
  9. #6f8994
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a5bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aae6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #789ae2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75abe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a1e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2cace3 {
  color: #2cace3;
}
Background
.bg-2cace3 {
  background-color: #2cace3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2cace3 {
  border: 2px solid #2cace3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2cace3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 172 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 77% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2cace3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cace3, #2c51e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2cace3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 172 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.25 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.85 #d3531c Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2cace3  rgb(44, 172, 227)  hsl(198, 77%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e3632c  rgb(227, 99, 44)  hsl(18, 77%, 53%)  Flame
#e32cac  rgb(227, 44, 172)  hsl(318, 77%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#ace32c  rgb(172, 227, 44)  hsl(78, 77%, 53%)  Inchworm