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#2DAEFE

#2daefe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2daefe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.28% cyan, 31.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 202.97°, with 99.05% saturation and 58.63% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.83.

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Relative luminance0.3799

Complementary

  1. #2daefe
  2. #fe7d2d

Split complementary

  1. #2daefe
  2. #fe2d46
  3. #fee62d

Analogous

  1. #2dfee6
  2. #2daefe
  3. #2d46fe

Triadic

  1. #2daefe
  2. #fe2dae
  3. #aefe2d

Tetradic

  1. #2daefe
  2. #7d2dfe
  3. #fe7d2d
  4. #aefe2d

Square

  1. #2daefe
  2. #e62dfe
  3. #fe7d2d
  4. #46fe2d

Monochromatic

  1. #015a91
  2. #0189dd
  3. #2daefe
  4. #79cbfe
  5. #c5e9ff

Shades

#2daefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2daefe
  2. #299de5
  3. #248bcb
  4. #207ab2
  5. #1b6898
  6. #17577f
  7. #124666
  8. #0e344c
  9. #092333
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2daefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2daefe
  2. #42b6fe
  3. #57befe
  4. #6cc6fe
  5. #81cefe
  6. #96d7ff
  7. #abdfff
  8. #c0e7ff
  9. #d5efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2daefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2daefe
  2. #35a9f1
  3. #3ea5e5
  4. #46a0d8
  5. #4e9ccc
  6. #5797bf
  7. #5f92b2
  8. #678ea6
  9. #6f8999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a9cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9dfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59a4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2daefe {
  color: #2daefe;
}
Background
.bg-2daefe {
  background-color: #2daefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2daefe {
  border: 2px solid #2daefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2daefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 174 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 99% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2daefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2daefe, #2d46fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2daefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 174 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.83 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.18 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.84 #d25101 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2daefe  rgb(45, 174, 254)  hsl(203, 99%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7d2d  rgb(254, 125, 45)  hsl(23, 99%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#fe2dae  rgb(254, 45, 174)  hsl(323, 99%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aefe2d  rgb(174, 254, 45)  hsl(83, 99%, 59%)  Green Yellow