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#2EA2CF

#2ea2cf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea2cf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 63.53% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.78% cyan, 21.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 196.77°, with 63.64% saturation and 49.61% 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 7.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.24.

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Relative luminance0.3093

Complementary

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #cf5b2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #cf2e52
  3. #cfac2e

Analogous

  1. #2ecfac
  2. #2ea2cf
  3. #2e52cf

Triadic

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #cf2ea2
  3. #a2cf2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #5b2ecf
  3. #cf5b2e
  4. #a2cf2e

Square

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #ac2ecf
  3. #cf5b2e
  4. #52cf2e

Monochromatic

  1. #124052
  2. #207190
  3. #2ea2cf
  4. #6bbede
  5. #aadaec

Shades

#2ea2cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #2992ba
  3. #2582a6
  4. #207191
  5. #1c617c
  6. #175168
  7. #124153
  8. #0e313e
  9. #092029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #43abd4
  3. #58b5d9
  4. #6dbedd
  5. #82c7e2
  6. #97d1e7
  7. #abdaec
  8. #c0e3f1
  9. #d5ecf5
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2cf
  2. #369fc7
  3. #3e9bbf
  4. #4798b7
  5. #4f94af
  6. #5791a8
  7. #5f8ea0
  8. #678a98
  9. #708790
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba0d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7590ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a1d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6098cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aabe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2cf {
  color: #2ea2cf;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2cf {
  background-color: #2ea2cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2cf {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 64% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2cf, #2e52cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 207 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.24 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.77 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.80 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.39 #d15d30 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2cf  rgb(46, 162, 207)  hsl(197, 64%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#cf5b2e  rgb(207, 91, 46)  hsl(17, 64%, 50%)  Flame
#cf2ea2  rgb(207, 46, 162)  hsl(317, 64%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2cf2e  rgb(162, 207, 46)  hsl(77, 64%, 50%)  Yellow Green