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#2DAEF2

#2daef2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2daef2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 68.24% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.4% cyan, 28.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 200.71°, with 88.34% saturation and 56.27% 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 8.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.3724

Complementary

  1. #2daef2
  2. #f2712d

Split complementary

  1. #2daef2
  2. #f22d4b
  3. #f2d32d

Analogous

  1. #2df2d3
  2. #2daef2
  3. #2d4bf2

Triadic

  1. #2daef2
  2. #f22dae
  3. #aef22d

Tetradic

  1. #2daef2
  2. #712df2
  3. #f2712d
  4. #aef22d

Square

  1. #2daef2
  2. #d32df2
  3. #f2712d
  4. #4bf22d

Monochromatic

  1. #08557e
  2. #0c86c6
  3. #2daef2
  4. #75caf6
  5. #bde6fb

Shades

#2daef2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2daef2
  2. #299dda
  3. #248bc2
  4. #207aa9
  5. #1b6891
  6. #175779
  7. #124661
  8. #0e3449
  9. #092330
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2daef2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2daef2
  2. #42b6f3
  3. #57bef5
  4. #6cc6f6
  5. #81cef7
  6. #96d7f9
  7. #abdffa
  8. #c0e7fb
  9. #d5effc
  10. #eaf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2daef2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2daef2
  2. #35a9e7
  3. #3ea5db
  4. #46a0d0
  5. #4e9cc4
  6. #5797b9
  7. #5f92ae
  8. #678ea2
  9. #6f8997
  10. #78858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a8c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8daef5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #739cf1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73aef4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa4f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2daef2 {
  color: #2daef2;
}
Background
.bg-2daef2 {
  background-color: #2daef2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2daef2 {
  border: 2px solid #2daef2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2daef2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 174 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 88% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2daef2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2daef2, #2d4bf2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2daef2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 174 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.29 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.29 #d2510d Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2daef2  rgb(45, 174, 242)  hsl(201, 88%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#f2712d  rgb(242, 113, 45)  hsl(21, 88%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#f22dae  rgb(242, 45, 174)  hsl(321, 88%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#aef22d  rgb(174, 242, 45)  hsl(81, 88%, 56%)  Spring Bud