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#2DABFF

#2dabff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2dabff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 67.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.35% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 100% saturation and 58.82% 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 8.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.49.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.369

Complementary

  1. #2dabff
  2. #ff812d

Split complementary

  1. #2dabff
  2. #ff2d42
  3. #ffea2d

Analogous

  1. #2dffea
  2. #2dabff
  3. #2d42ff

Triadic

  1. #2dabff
  2. #ff2dab
  3. #abff2d

Tetradic

  1. #2dabff
  2. #812dff
  3. #ff812d
  4. #abff2d

Square

  1. #2dabff
  2. #ea2dff
  3. #ff812d
  4. #42ff2d

Monochromatic

  1. #005893
  2. #0086df
  3. #2dabff
  4. #79caff
  5. #c6e8ff

Shades

#2dabff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2dabff
  2. #299ae6
  3. #2489cc
  4. #2078b3
  5. #1b6799
  6. #175680
  7. #124466
  8. #0e334d
  9. #092233
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2dabff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2dabff
  2. #42b3ff
  3. #57bcff
  4. #6cc4ff
  5. #81cdff
  6. #96d5ff
  7. #abddff
  8. #c0e6ff
  9. #d5eeff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2dabff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2dabff
  2. #35a7f2
  3. #3ea2e6
  4. #469ed9
  5. #4e9acc
  6. #5796c0
  7. #5f91b3
  8. #678da6
  9. #6f8999
  10. #78848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a7cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #669bfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6badff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #55a2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2dabff {
  color: #2dabff;
}
Background
.bg-2dabff {
  background-color: #2dabff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2dabff {
  border: 2px solid #2dabff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2dabff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 171 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2dabff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2dabff, #2d42ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2dabff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 171 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.15 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.35 #d25400 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2dabff  rgb(45, 171, 255)  hsl(204, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff812d  rgb(255, 129, 45)  hsl(24, 100%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#ff2dab  rgb(255, 45, 171)  hsl(324, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#abff2d  rgb(171, 255, 45)  hsl(84, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow