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#2DA5DD

#2da5dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2da5dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 64.71% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.64% cyan, 25.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 199.09°, with 72.13% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.88.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3269

Complementary

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #dd652d

Split complementary

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #dd2d4d
  3. #ddbd2d

Analogous

  1. #2dddbd
  2. #2da5dd
  3. #2d4ddd

Triadic

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #dd2da5
  3. #a5dd2d

Tetradic

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #652ddd
  3. #dd652d
  4. #a5dd2d

Square

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #bd2ddd
  3. #dd652d
  4. #4ddd2d

Monochromatic

  1. #104761
  2. #1a78a3
  3. #2da5dd
  4. #6fc1e8
  5. #b1ddf2

Shades

#2da5dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #2995c7
  3. #2484b1
  4. #20749b
  5. #1b6385
  6. #17536f
  7. #124258
  8. #0e3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2da5dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #42aee0
  3. #57b7e4
  4. #6cc0e7
  5. #81c9eb
  6. #96d2ee
  7. #abdbf1
  8. #c0e4f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2da5dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2da5dd
  2. #35a1d4
  3. #3e9eca
  4. #469ac1
  5. #4e96b8
  6. #5793af
  7. #5f8fa5
  8. #678b9c
  9. #6f8793
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a4e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7294dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a4df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9bdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2da5dd {
  color: #2da5dd;
}
Background
.bg-2da5dd {
  background-color: #2da5dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2da5dd {
  border: 2px solid #2da5dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2da5dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 165 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2da5dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2da5dd, #2d4ddd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2da5dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 165 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.07 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.57 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.69 #d25a22 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2da5dd  rgb(45, 165, 221)  hsl(199, 72%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dd652d  rgb(221, 101, 45)  hsl(19, 72%, 52%)  Flame
#dd2da5  rgb(221, 45, 165)  hsl(319, 72%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a5dd2d  rgb(165, 221, 45)  hsl(79, 72%, 52%)  Yellow Green