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#2DA7DD

#2da7dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2da7dd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.64% cyan, 24.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.41°, 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 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3342

Complementary

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #dd632d

Split complementary

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #dd2d4f
  3. #ddbb2d

Analogous

  1. #2dddbb
  2. #2da7dd
  3. #2d4fdd

Triadic

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #dd2da7
  3. #a7dd2d

Tetradic

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #632ddd
  3. #dd632d
  4. #a7dd2d

Square

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #bb2ddd
  3. #dd632d
  4. #4fdd2d

Monochromatic

  1. #104861
  2. #1a79a3
  3. #2da7dd
  4. #6fc3e8
  5. #b1def2

Shades

#2da7dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #2996c7
  3. #2486b1
  4. #20759b
  5. #1b6485
  6. #17546f
  7. #124358
  8. #0e3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2da7dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #42b0e0
  3. #57b9e4
  4. #6cc1e7
  5. #81caeb
  6. #96d3ee
  7. #abdcf1
  8. #c0e5f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2da7dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2da7dd
  2. #35a3d4
  3. #3e9fca
  4. #469bc1
  5. #4e97b8
  6. #5794af
  7. #5f90a5
  8. #678c9c
  9. #6f8893
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa1ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca5e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7595dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a6df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609ddc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2da7dd {
  color: #2da7dd;
}
Background
.bg-2da7dd {
  background-color: #2da7dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2da7dd {
  border: 2px solid #2da7dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2da7dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 167 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2da7dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2da7dd, #2d4fdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2da7dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 167 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.90 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.31 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.09 #d25822 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2da7dd  rgb(45, 167, 221)  hsl(198, 72%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dd632d  rgb(221, 99, 45)  hsl(18, 72%, 52%)  Flame
#dd2da7  rgb(221, 45, 167)  hsl(318, 72%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a7dd2d  rgb(167, 221, 45)  hsl(78, 72%, 52%)  Yellow Green