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#2EA3EE

#2ea3ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea3ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 63.92% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.67% cyan, 31.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 203.44°, with 84.96% saturation and 55.69% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.66.

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Relative luminance0.3295

Complementary

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #ee792e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #ee2e43
  3. #eed92e

Analogous

  1. #2eeed9
  2. #2ea3ee
  3. #2e43ee

Triadic

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #ee2ea3
  3. #a3ee2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #792eee
  3. #ee792e
  4. #a3ee2e

Square

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #d92eee
  3. #ee792e
  4. #43ee2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4e79
  2. #107bc0
  3. #2ea3ee
  4. #75c2f4
  5. #bce1fa

Shades

#2ea3ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #2993d6
  3. #2582be
  4. #2072a7
  5. #1c628f
  6. #175277
  7. #12415f
  8. #0e3147
  9. #092130
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea3ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #43acf0
  3. #58b5f1
  4. #6dbff3
  5. #82c8f5
  6. #97d1f7
  7. #abdaf8
  8. #c0e3fa
  9. #d5edfc
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea3ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea3ee
  2. #36a0e3
  3. #3e9cd8
  4. #4799cd
  5. #4f95c2
  6. #5792b7
  7. #5f8eac
  8. #678ba1
  9. #708796
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6594ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a4f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549aed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea3ee {
  color: #2ea3ee;
}
Background
.bg-2ea3ee {
  background-color: #2ea3ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea3ee {
  border: 2px solid #2ea3ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea3ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 163 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea3ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea3ee, #2e43ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea3ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 163 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.22 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.30 #d15c11 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea3ee  rgb(46, 163, 238)  hsl(203, 85%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ee792e  rgb(238, 121, 46)  hsl(23, 85%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ee2ea3  rgb(238, 46, 163)  hsl(323, 85%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a3ee2e  rgb(163, 238, 46)  hsl(83, 85%, 56%)  Spring Bud