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#2CB4E5

#2cb4e5 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2cb4e5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 70.59% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.79% cyan, 21.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 195.89°, with 78.06% saturation and 53.53% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.15.

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Relative luminance0.3884

Complementary

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #e55d2c

Split complementary

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #e52c58
  3. #e5b92c

Analogous

  1. #2ce5b9
  2. #2cb4e5
  3. #2c58e5

Triadic

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #e52cb4
  3. #b4e52c

Tetradic

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #5d2ce5
  3. #e55d2c
  4. #b4e52c

Square

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #b92ce5
  3. #e55d2c
  4. #58e52c

Monochromatic

  1. #0d526b
  2. #1686af
  3. #2cb4e5
  4. #70cced
  5. #b4e4f6

Shades

#2cb4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #28a2ce
  3. #2390b7
  4. #1f7ea0
  5. #1a6c89
  6. #165a73
  7. #12485c
  8. #0d3645
  9. #09242e
  10. #041217
  11. #000000

Tints

#2cb4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #41bce8
  3. #56c3ea
  4. #6bcbed
  5. #80d2ef
  6. #96daf2
  7. #abe1f5
  8. #c0e9f7
  9. #d5f0fa
  10. #eaf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2cb4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2cb4e5
  2. #34afdb
  3. #3daad1
  4. #45a4c7
  5. #4e9fbd
  6. #569ab3
  7. #5e95a8
  8. #67909e
  9. #6f8a94
  10. #78858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87adc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab1e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82a0e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7db2e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa8e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bcd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2cb4e5 {
  color: #2cb4e5;
}
Background
.bg-2cb4e5 {
  background-color: #2cb4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2cb4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #2cb4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2cb4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 180 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 78% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2cb4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cb4e5, #2c58e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2cb4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 180 229 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.65 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.73 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.50 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.59 #d34b1a Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#2cb4e5  rgb(44, 180, 229)  hsl(196, 78%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e55d2c  rgb(229, 93, 44)  hsl(16, 78%, 54%)  Flame
#e52cb4  rgb(229, 44, 180)  hsl(316, 78%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#b4e52c  rgb(180, 229, 44)  hsl(76, 78%, 54%)  Inchworm