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#2DA4E6

#2da4e6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2da4e6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 64.31% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.43% cyan, 28.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 201.41°, with 78.72% saturation and 53.92% 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 7.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.36.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3282

Complementary

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #e66f2d

Split complementary

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #e62d47
  3. #e6cc2d

Analogous

  1. #2de6cc
  2. #2da4e6
  3. #2d47e6

Triadic

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #e62da4
  3. #a4e62d

Tetradic

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #6f2de6
  3. #e66f2d
  4. #a4e62d

Square

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #cc2de6
  3. #e66f2d
  4. #47e62d

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4b6d
  2. #157ab1
  3. #2da4e6
  4. #71c2ee
  5. #b6dff6

Shades

#2da4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #2994cf
  3. #2483b8
  4. #2073a1
  5. #1b628a
  6. #175273
  7. #12425c
  8. #0e3145
  9. #09212e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2da4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #42ade9
  3. #57b6eb
  4. #6cbfee
  5. #81c8f0
  6. #96d2f3
  7. #abdbf5
  8. #c0e4f8
  9. #d5edfa
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2da4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2da4e6
  2. #35a0dc
  3. #3e9dd2
  4. #4699c7
  5. #4e96bd
  6. #5792b3
  7. #5f8ea9
  8. #678b9f
  9. #6f8794
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a4e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c94e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca4e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599ae5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2da4e6 {
  color: #2da4e6;
}
Background
.bg-2da4e6 {
  background-color: #2da4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2da4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #2da4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2da4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 164 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 79% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2da4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2da4e6, #2d47e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2da4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 164 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.25 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.37 #d25b19 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2da4e6  rgb(45, 164, 230)  hsl(201, 79%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e66f2d  rgb(230, 111, 45)  hsl(21, 79%, 54%)  Chocolate
#e62da4  rgb(230, 45, 164)  hsl(321, 79%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#a4e62d  rgb(164, 230, 45)  hsl(81, 79%, 54%)  Inchworm