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#2E9EF5

#2e9ef5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2e9ef5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 61.96% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.22% cyan, 35.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 206.23°, with 90.87% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.46.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3163

Complementary

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #f5852e

Split complementary

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #f52e3b
  3. #f5e82e

Analogous

  1. #2ef5e8
  2. #2e9ef5
  3. #2e3bf5

Triadic

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #f52e9e
  3. #9ef52e

Tetradic

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #852ef5
  3. #f5852e
  4. #9ef52e

Square

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #e82ef5
  3. #f5852e
  4. #3bf52e

Monochromatic

  1. #064d84
  2. #0a78cd
  3. #2e9ef5
  4. #77c0f8
  5. #c0e2fc

Shades

#2e9ef5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #298edd
  3. #257ec4
  4. #206fac
  5. #1c5f93
  6. #174f7b
  7. #123f62
  8. #0e2f4a
  9. #092031
  10. #051019
  11. #000000

Tints

#2e9ef5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #43a8f6
  3. #58b1f7
  4. #6dbbf8
  5. #82c5f9
  6. #97cffa
  7. #abd8fb
  8. #c0e2fc
  9. #d5ecfd
  10. #eaf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2e9ef5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2e9ef5
  2. #369be9
  3. #3e98de
  4. #4795d2
  5. #4f92c6
  6. #578fbb
  7. #5f8caf
  8. #6789a3
  9. #708697
  10. #78838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9bc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #75a2f9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5790f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a1f7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a96f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2e9ef5 {
  color: #2e9ef5;
}
Background
.bg-2e9ef5 {
  background-color: #2e9ef5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2e9ef5 {
  border: 2px solid #2e9ef5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2e9ef5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 158 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 91% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2e9ef5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2e9ef5, #2e3bf5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2e9ef5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 158 245 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.46 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.41 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.94 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.62 #d1610a Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2e9ef5  rgb(46, 158, 245)  hsl(206, 91%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#f5852e  rgb(245, 133, 46)  hsl(26, 91%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#f52e9e  rgb(245, 46, 158)  hsl(326, 91%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9ef52e  rgb(158, 245, 46)  hsl(86, 91%, 57%)  Green Yellow