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#2EA2DC

#2ea2dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea2dc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.09% cyan, 26.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 71.31% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.3159

Complementary

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #dc682e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #dc2e4b
  3. #dcbf2e

Analogous

  1. #2edcbf
  2. #2ea2dc
  3. #2e4bdc

Triadic

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #dc2ea2
  3. #a2dc2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #682edc
  3. #dc682e
  4. #a2dc2e

Square

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #bf2edc
  3. #dc682e
  4. #4bdc2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104661
  2. #1b75a2
  3. #2ea2dc
  4. #70bfe7
  5. #b1dcf2

Shades

#2ea2dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #2992c6
  3. #2582b0
  4. #20719a
  5. #1c6184
  6. #17516e
  7. #124158
  8. #0e3142
  9. #09202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #43abe0
  3. #58b5e3
  4. #6dbee7
  5. #82c7ea
  6. #97d1ee
  7. #abdaf1
  8. #c0e3f5
  9. #d5ecf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2dc
  2. #369fd3
  3. #3e9bca
  4. #4798c0
  5. #4f94b7
  6. #5791ae
  7. #5f8ea5
  8. #678a9c
  9. #708792
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9cb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a1df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f91db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da2de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b98db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2dc {
  color: #2ea2dc;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2dc {
  background-color: #2ea2dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2dc {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2dc, #2e4bdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.53 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.30 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.52 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.79 #d15d23 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2dc  rgb(46, 162, 220)  hsl(200, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dc682e  rgb(220, 104, 46)  hsl(20, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#dc2ea2  rgb(220, 46, 162)  hsl(320, 71%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a2dc2e  rgb(162, 220, 46)  hsl(80, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green