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#2EA2DE

#2ea2de ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea2de 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.28% cyan, 27.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 200.45°, with 72.73% saturation and 52.55% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.17.

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Relative luminance0.317

Complementary

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #de6a2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #de2e4a
  3. #dec22e

Analogous

  1. #2edec2
  2. #2ea2de
  3. #2e4ade

Triadic

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #de2ea2
  3. #a2de2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #6a2ede
  3. #de6a2e
  4. #a2de2e

Square

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #c22ede
  3. #de6a2e
  4. #4ade2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104763
  2. #1a76a5
  3. #2ea2de
  4. #70bfe8
  5. #b2ddf3

Shades

#2ea2de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #2992c8
  3. #2582b2
  4. #20719b
  5. #1c6185
  6. #17516f
  7. #124159
  8. #0e3143
  9. #09202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea2de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #43abe1
  3. #58b5e5
  4. #6dbee8
  5. #82c7eb
  6. #97d1ef
  7. #abdaf2
  8. #c0e3f5
  9. #d5ecf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea2de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea2de
  2. #369fd5
  3. #3e9bcb
  4. #4798c2
  5. #4f94b8
  6. #5791af
  7. #5f8ea6
  8. #678a9c
  9. #708793
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9cb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a2e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e91dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da2e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b98dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea2de {
  color: #2ea2de;
}
Background
.bg-2ea2de {
  background-color: #2ea2de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea2de {
  border: 2px solid #2ea2de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea2de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 162 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 73% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea2de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea2de, #2e4ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea2de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 162 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.43 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.37 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.77 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.41 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.55 #d15d21 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea2de  rgb(46, 162, 222)  hsl(200, 73%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#de6a2e  rgb(222, 106, 46)  hsl(20, 73%, 53%)  Chocolate
#de2ea2  rgb(222, 46, 162)  hsl(320, 73%, 53%)  Mulberry
#a2de2e  rgb(162, 222, 46)  hsl(80, 73%, 53%)  Yellow Green