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#2DACE8

#2dace8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2dace8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 67.45% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.6% cyan, 25.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 199.25°, with 80.26% saturation and 54.31% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.97.

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Relative luminance0.3589

Complementary

  1. #2dace8
  2. #e8692d

Split complementary

  1. #2dace8
  2. #e82d4e
  3. #e8c62d

Analogous

  1. #2de8c6
  2. #2dace8
  3. #2d4ee8

Triadic

  1. #2dace8
  2. #e82dac
  3. #ace82d

Tetradic

  1. #2dace8
  2. #692de8
  3. #e8692d
  4. #ace82d

Square

  1. #2dace8
  2. #c62de8
  3. #e8692d
  4. #4ee82d

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5070
  2. #1481b5
  3. #2dace8
  4. #72c7f0
  5. #b7e2f7

Shades

#2dace8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2dace8
  2. #299bd1
  3. #248aba
  4. #2078a2
  5. #1b678b
  6. #175674
  7. #12455d
  8. #0e3446
  9. #09222e
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2dace8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2dace8
  2. #42b4ea
  3. #57bded
  4. #6cc5ef
  5. #81cdf1
  6. #96d6f4
  7. #abdef6
  8. #c0e6f8
  9. #d5eefa
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2dace8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2dace8
  2. #35a8de
  3. #3ea3d3
  4. #469fc9
  5. #4e9abe
  6. #5796b4
  7. #5f92aa
  8. #678d9f
  9. #6f8995
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fabeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74abea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a1e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2dace8 {
  color: #2dace8;
}
Background
.bg-2dace8 {
  background-color: #2dace8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2dace8 {
  border: 2px solid #2dace8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2dace8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 172 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 80% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2dace8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2dace8, #2d4ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2dace8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 172 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.43 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.73 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.83 #d25317 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2dace8  rgb(45, 172, 232)  hsl(199, 80%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e8692d  rgb(232, 105, 45)  hsl(19, 80%, 54%)  Persimmon
#e82dac  rgb(232, 45, 172)  hsl(319, 80%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#ace82d  rgb(172, 232, 45)  hsl(79, 80%, 54%)  Inchworm