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#2E99EA

#2e99ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2e99ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 60% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.34% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.85°, with 81.74% saturation and 54.9% 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 6.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.39.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.293

Complementary

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #ea7f2e

Split complementary

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #ea2e3b
  3. #eadd2e

Analogous

  1. #2eeadd
  2. #2e99ea
  3. #2e3bea

Triadic

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #ea2e99
  3. #99ea2e

Tetradic

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #7f2eea
  3. #ea7f2e
  4. #99ea2e

Square

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #dd2eea
  3. #ea7f2e
  4. #3bea2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4773
  2. #1371b9
  3. #2e99ea
  4. #74bbf1
  5. #b9ddf8

Shades

#2e99ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #298ad3
  3. #257abb
  4. #206ba4
  5. #1c5c8c
  6. #174d75
  7. #123d5e
  8. #0e2e46
  9. #091f2f
  10. #050f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#2e99ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #43a3ec
  3. #58adee
  4. #6db8f0
  5. #82c2f2
  6. #97ccf5
  7. #abd6f7
  8. #c0e0f9
  9. #d5ebfb
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2e99ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2e99ea
  2. #3697df
  3. #3e94d5
  4. #4792ca
  5. #4f8fc0
  6. #578db5
  7. #5f8aaa
  8. #6788a0
  9. #708595
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7896bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739ded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #588ce8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f9bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a91e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2e99ea {
  color: #2e99ea;
}
Background
.bg-2e99ea {
  background-color: #2e99ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2e99ea {
  border: 2px solid #2e99ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2e99ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 153 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2e99ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2e99ea, #2e3bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2e99ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 153 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.75 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.89 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.57 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.05 #d16615 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2e99ea  rgb(46, 153, 234)  hsl(206, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7f2e  rgb(234, 127, 46)  hsl(26, 82%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea2e99  rgb(234, 46, 153)  hsl(326, 82%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#99ea2e  rgb(153, 234, 46)  hsl(86, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm