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#2CAFFC

#2caffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2caffc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.54% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 202.21°, 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 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.9.

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Relative luminance0.3822

Complementary

  1. #2caffc
  2. #fc792c

Split complementary

  1. #2caffc
  2. #fc2c47
  3. #fce12c

Analogous

  1. #2cfce1
  2. #2caffc
  3. #2c47fc

Triadic

  1. #2caffc
  2. #fc2caf
  3. #affc2c

Tetradic

  1. #2caffc
  2. #792cfc
  3. #fc792c
  4. #affc2c

Square

  1. #2caffc
  2. #e12cfc
  3. #fc792c
  4. #47fc2c

Monochromatic

  1. #025a8d
  2. #0389d8
  3. #2caffc
  4. #77ccfd
  5. #c3e8fe

Shades

#2caffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2caffc
  2. #289ee3
  3. #238cca
  4. #1f7bb0
  5. #1a6997
  6. #16587e
  7. #124665
  8. #0d354c
  9. #092332
  10. #041219
  11. #000000

Tints

#2caffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2caffc
  2. #41b7fc
  3. #56bffd
  4. #6bc7fd
  5. #80cffd
  6. #96d7fe
  7. #abdffe
  8. #c0e7fe
  9. #d5effe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2caffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2caffc
  2. #34aaf0
  3. #3da6e3
  4. #45a1d7
  5. #4e9cca
  6. #5698be
  7. #5e93b2
  8. #678ea5
  9. #6f8999
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86aace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e9efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2caffc {
  color: #2caffc;
}
Background
.bg-2caffc {
  background-color: #2caffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2caffc {
  border: 2px solid #2caffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2caffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2caffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2caffc, #2c47fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2caffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.51 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.08 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.25 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.72 #d35003 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2caffc  rgb(44, 175, 252)  hsl(202, 97%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fc792c  rgb(252, 121, 44)  hsl(22, 97%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fc2caf  rgb(252, 44, 175)  hsl(322, 97%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#affc2c  rgb(175, 252, 44)  hsl(82, 97%, 58%)  Green Yellow