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#2DA4E8

#2da4e8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2da4e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.6% cyan, 29.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 80.26% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.41.

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Relative luminance0.3294

Complementary

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #e8712d

Split complementary

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #e82d46
  3. #e8cf2d

Analogous

  1. #2de8cf
  2. #2da4e8
  3. #2d46e8

Triadic

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #e82da4
  3. #a4e82d

Tetradic

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #712de8
  3. #e8712d
  4. #a4e82d

Square

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #cf2de8
  3. #e8712d
  4. #46e82d

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4c70
  2. #147ab5
  3. #2da4e8
  4. #72c2f0
  5. #b7e0f7

Shades

#2da4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #2994d1
  3. #2483ba
  4. #2073a2
  5. #1b628b
  6. #175274
  7. #12425d
  8. #0e3146
  9. #09212e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2da4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #42adea
  3. #57b6ed
  4. #6cbfef
  5. #81c8f1
  6. #96d2f4
  7. #abdbf6
  8. #c0e4f8
  9. #d5edfa
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2da4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2da4e8
  2. #35a0de
  3. #3e9dd3
  4. #4699c9
  5. #4e96be
  6. #5792b4
  7. #5f8eaa
  8. #678b9f
  9. #6f8795
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a5eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a94e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba4ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #589be7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2da4e8 {
  color: #2da4e8;
}
Background
.bg-2da4e8 {
  background-color: #2da4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2da4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #2da4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2da4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 164 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 80% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2da4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2da4e8, #2d46e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2da4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 164 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.69 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.06 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.60 #d25b17 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2da4e8  rgb(45, 164, 232)  hsl(202, 80%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e8712d  rgb(232, 113, 45)  hsl(22, 80%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#e82da4  rgb(232, 45, 164)  hsl(322, 80%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#a4e82d  rgb(164, 232, 45)  hsl(82, 80%, 54%)  Inchworm