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#2EA0DB

#2ea0db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea0db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 62.75% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79% cyan, 26.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 200.46°, with 70.61% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.1.

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Relative luminance0.3084

Complementary

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #db692e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #db2e4a
  3. #dbbf2e

Analogous

  1. #2edbbf
  2. #2ea0db
  3. #2e4adb

Triadic

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #db2ea0
  3. #a0db2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #692edb
  3. #db692e
  4. #a0db2e

Square

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #bf2edb
  3. #db692e
  4. #4adb2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104560
  2. #1c73a1
  3. #2ea0db
  4. #6fbee6
  5. #b1dbf1

Shades

#2ea0db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #2990c5
  3. #2580af
  4. #207099
  5. #1c6083
  6. #17506e
  7. #124058
  8. #0e3042
  9. #09202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea0db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #43aadf
  3. #58b3e2
  4. #6dbde6
  5. #82c6e9
  6. #97d0ed
  7. #abd9f1
  8. #c0e3f4
  9. #d5ecf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea0db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea0db
  2. #369dd2
  3. #3e9ac9
  4. #4796c0
  5. #4f93b7
  6. #5790ae
  7. #5f8da4
  8. #678a9b
  9. #708692
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a0de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c90da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba0dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a96da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea0db {
  color: #2ea0db;
}
Background
.bg-2ea0db {
  background-color: #2ea0db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea0db {
  border: 2px solid #2ea0db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea0db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 160 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea0db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea0db, #2e4adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea0db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 160 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.03 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.16 #d15f24 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea0db  rgb(46, 160, 219)  hsl(200, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db692e  rgb(219, 105, 46)  hsl(20, 71%, 52%)  Chocolate
#db2ea0  rgb(219, 46, 160)  hsl(320, 71%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a0db2e  rgb(160, 219, 46)  hsl(80, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green