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#2EA2D9

#2ea2d9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea2d9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.8% cyan, 25.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 199.3°, with 69.23% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3143

Complementary

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #d9652e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #d92e4d
  3. #d9bb2e

Analogous

  1. #2ed9bb
  2. #2ea2d9
  3. #2e4dd9

Triadic

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #d92ea2
  3. #a2d92e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #652ed9
  3. #d9652e
  4. #a2d92e

Square

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #bb2ed9
  3. #d9652e
  4. #4dd92e

Monochromatic

  1. #11455d
  2. #1d749e
  3. #2ea2d9
  4. #6fbfe5
  5. #afdcf1

Shades

#2ea2d9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #2992c3
  3. #2582ae
  4. #207198
  5. #1c6182
  6. #17516d
  7. #124157
  8. #0e3141
  9. #09202b
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2d9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #43abdd
  3. #58b5e1
  4. #6dbee4
  5. #82c7e8
  6. #97d1ec
  7. #abdaf0
  8. #c0e3f4
  9. #d5ecf7
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2d9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2d9
  2. #369fd0
  3. #3e9bc7
  4. #4798be
  5. #4f94b5
  6. #5791ad
  7. #5f8ea4
  8. #678a9b
  9. #708792
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9cb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7091d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea1db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d98d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2d9 {
  color: #2ea2d9;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2d9 {
  background-color: #2ea2d9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2d9 {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2d9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2d9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 69% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2d9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2d9, #2e4dd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2d9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.27 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.21 #d15d26 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2d9  rgb(46, 162, 217)  hsl(199, 69%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#d9652e  rgb(217, 101, 46)  hsl(19, 69%, 52%)  Flame
#d92ea2  rgb(217, 46, 162)  hsl(319, 69%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a2d92e  rgb(162, 217, 46)  hsl(79, 69%, 52%)  Yellow Green