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#2E97CC

#2e97cc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2e97cc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 59.22% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.45% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 200.13°, with 63.2% saturation and 49.02% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.39.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2707

Complementary

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #cc632e

Split complementary

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #cc2e48
  3. #ccb22e

Analogous

  1. #2eccb2
  2. #2e97cc
  3. #2e48cc

Triadic

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #cc2e97
  3. #97cc2e

Tetradic

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #632ecc
  3. #cc632e
  4. #97cc2e

Square

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #b22ecc
  3. #cc632e
  4. #48cc2e

Monochromatic

  1. #123b4f
  2. #20698e
  3. #2e97cc
  4. #69b6dd
  5. #a8d5eb

Shades

#2e97cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #2988b8
  3. #2579a3
  4. #206a8f
  5. #1c5b7a
  6. #174c66
  7. #123c52
  8. #0e2d3d
  9. #091e29
  10. #050f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2e97cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #43a1d1
  3. #58acd6
  4. #6db6db
  5. #82c1e0
  6. #97cbe6
  7. #abd5eb
  8. #c0e0f0
  9. #d5eaf5
  10. #eaf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2e97cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2e97cc
  2. #3695c4
  3. #3e92bd
  4. #4790b5
  5. #4f8eae
  6. #578ca6
  7. #5f899e
  8. #678797
  9. #70858f
  10. #788288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7492aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d96ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6888cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6797cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #568ecb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009fb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2e97cc {
  color: #2e97cc;
}
Background
.bg-2e97cc {
  background-color: #2e97cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2e97cc {
  border: 2px solid #2e97cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2e97cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 151 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 63% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2e97cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2e97cc, #2e48cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2e97cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 151 204 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.39 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.29 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.02 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.23 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.87 #d16833 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2e97cc  rgb(46, 151, 204)  hsl(200, 63%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#cc632e  rgb(204, 99, 46)  hsl(20, 63%, 49%)  Chocolate
#cc2e97  rgb(204, 46, 151)  hsl(320, 63%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#97cc2e  rgb(151, 204, 46)  hsl(80, 63%, 49%)  Yellow Green