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#2EA3EF

#2ea3ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea3ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.75% cyan, 31.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 203.63°, with 85.78% saturation and 55.88% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.73.

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Relative luminance0.3301

Complementary

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #ef7a2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #ef2e42
  3. #efdb2e

Analogous

  1. #2eefdb
  2. #2ea3ef
  3. #2e42ef

Triadic

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #ef2ea3
  3. #a3ef2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #7a2eef
  3. #ef7a2e
  4. #a3ef2e

Square

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #db2eef
  3. #ef7a2e
  4. #42ef2e

Monochromatic

  1. #094e7b
  2. #0f7bc2
  3. #2ea3ef
  4. #75c2f4
  5. #bce2fa

Shades

#2ea3ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #2993d7
  3. #2582bf
  4. #2072a7
  5. #1c628f
  6. #175278
  7. #124160
  8. #0e3148
  9. #092130
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea3ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #43acf1
  3. #58b5f2
  4. #6dbff4
  5. #82c8f5
  6. #97d1f7
  7. #abdaf9
  8. #c0e3fa
  9. #d5edfc
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea3ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea3ef
  2. #36a0e4
  3. #3e9cd9
  4. #4799ce
  5. #4f95c3
  6. #5792b8
  7. #5f8eac
  8. #678ba1
  9. #708796
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa5f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6494ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a4f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #549aee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea3ef {
  color: #2ea3ef;
}
Background
.bg-2ea3ef {
  background-color: #2ea3ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea3ef {
  border: 2px solid #2ea3ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea3ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 163 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 86% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea3ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea3ef, #2e42ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea3ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 163 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.10 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.33 #d15c10 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea3ef  rgb(46, 163, 239)  hsl(204, 86%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ef7a2e  rgb(239, 122, 46)  hsl(24, 86%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ef2ea3  rgb(239, 46, 163)  hsl(324, 86%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a3ef2e  rgb(163, 239, 46)  hsl(84, 86%, 56%)  Spring Bud