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#2DA7D3

#2da7d3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2da7d3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 65.49% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.67% cyan, 20.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 195.9°, with 65.35% saturation and 50.2% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.05.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.329

Complementary

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #d3592d

Split complementary

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #d32d54
  3. #d3ac2d

Analogous

  1. #2dd3ac
  2. #2da7d3
  3. #2d54d3

Triadic

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #d32da7
  3. #a7d32d

Tetradic

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #592dd3
  3. #d3592d
  4. #a7d32d

Square

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #ac2dd3
  3. #d3592d
  4. #54d32d

Monochromatic

  1. #124355
  2. #1f7594
  3. #2da7d3
  4. #6cc2e0
  5. #acdcee

Shades

#2da7d3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #2996be
  3. #2486a9
  4. #207594
  5. #1b647f
  6. #17546a
  7. #124354
  8. #0e323f
  9. #09212a
  10. #051115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2da7d3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #42b0d7
  3. #57b9dc
  4. #6cc1e0
  5. #81cae5
  6. #96d3e9
  7. #abdced
  8. #c0e5f2
  9. #d5edf6
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2da7d3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2da7d3
  2. #35a3cb
  3. #3e9fc2
  4. #469bba
  5. #4e97b2
  6. #5794aa
  7. #5f90a1
  8. #678c99
  9. #6f8891
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea0b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a4d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a94d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a5d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #649cd3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2da7d3 {
  color: #2da7d3;
}
Background
.bg-2da7d3 {
  background-color: #2da7d3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2da7d3 {
  border: 2px solid #2da7d3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2da7d3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 167 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 65% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2da7d3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2da7d3, #2d54d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2da7d3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 167 211 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.71 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.98 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.03 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.60 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.90 #d2582c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2da7d3  rgb(45, 167, 211)  hsl(196, 65%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#d3592d  rgb(211, 89, 45)  hsl(16, 65%, 50%)  Flame
#d32da7  rgb(211, 45, 167)  hsl(316, 65%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#a7d32d  rgb(167, 211, 45)  hsl(76, 65%, 50%)  Yellow Green