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#2DAAEB

#2daaeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2daaeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 66.67% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.85% cyan, 27.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 200.53°, with 82.61% saturation and 54.9% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3531

Complementary

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #eb6e2d

Split complementary

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #eb2d4b
  3. #ebcd2d

Analogous

  1. #2debcd
  2. #2daaeb
  3. #2d4beb

Triadic

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #eb2daa
  3. #aaeb2d

Tetradic

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #6e2deb
  3. #eb6e2d
  4. #aaeb2d

Square

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #cd2deb
  3. #eb6e2d
  4. #4beb2d

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5074
  2. #1280ba
  3. #2daaeb
  4. #73c6f2
  5. #b9e3f8

Shades

#2daaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #2999d4
  3. #2488bc
  4. #2077a5
  5. #1b668d
  6. #175576
  7. #12445e
  8. #0e3347
  9. #09222f
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2daaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #42b3ed
  3. #57bbef
  4. #6cc4f1
  5. #81ccf3
  6. #96d5f5
  7. #abddf7
  8. #c0e6f9
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2daaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2daaeb
  2. #35a6e0
  3. #3ea2d6
  4. #469dcb
  5. #4e99c0
  6. #5795b6
  7. #5f91ab
  8. #678da0
  9. #6f8895
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a4c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8baaee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7199ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71aaed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5da0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2daaeb {
  color: #2daaeb;
}
Background
.bg-2daaeb {
  background-color: #2daaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2daaeb {
  border: 2px solid #2daaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2daaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 170 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2daaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2daaeb, #2d4beb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2daaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 170 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.43 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.63 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.06 #d25514 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2daaeb  rgb(45, 170, 235)  hsl(201, 83%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#eb6e2d  rgb(235, 110, 45)  hsl(21, 83%, 55%)  Persimmon
#eb2daa  rgb(235, 45, 170)  hsl(321, 83%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#aaeb2d  rgb(170, 235, 45)  hsl(81, 83%, 55%)  Inchworm