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#2EA3DB

#2ea3db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea3db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 63.92% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79% cyan, 25.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 199.42°, 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.3189

Complementary

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #db662e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #db2e4d
  3. #dbbc2e

Analogous

  1. #2edbbc
  2. #2ea3db
  3. #2e4ddb

Triadic

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #db2ea3
  3. #a3db2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #662edb
  3. #db662e
  4. #a3db2e

Square

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #bc2edb
  3. #db662e
  4. #4ddb2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104660
  2. #1c76a1
  3. #2ea3db
  4. #6fc0e6
  5. #b1dcf1

Shades

#2ea3db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #2993c5
  3. #2582af
  4. #207299
  5. #1c6283
  6. #17526e
  7. #124158
  8. #0e3142
  9. #09212c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea3db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #43acdf
  3. #58b5e2
  4. #6dbfe6
  5. #82c8e9
  6. #97d1ed
  7. #abdaf1
  8. #c0e3f4
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea3db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea3db
  2. #36a0d2
  3. #3e9cc9
  4. #4799c0
  5. #4f95b7
  6. #5792ae
  7. #5f8ea4
  8. #678b9b
  9. #708792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a2de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7192da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d99da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea3db {
  color: #2ea3db;
}
Background
.bg-2ea3db {
  background-color: #2ea3db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea3db {
  border: 2px solid #2ea3db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea3db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 163 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea3db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea3db, #2e4ddb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea3db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 163 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.64 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.19 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.00 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.19 #d15c24 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea3db  rgb(46, 163, 219)  hsl(199, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db662e  rgb(219, 102, 46)  hsl(19, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#db2ea3  rgb(219, 46, 163)  hsl(319, 71%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a3db2e  rgb(163, 219, 46)  hsl(79, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green