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#2EA4E0

#2ea4e0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea4e0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 64.31% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.46% cyan, 26.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 200.22°, with 74.17% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.4.

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Relative luminance0.3251

Complementary

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #e06a2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #e02e4b
  3. #e0c32e

Analogous

  1. #2ee0c3
  2. #2ea4e0
  3. #2e4be0

Triadic

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #e02ea4
  3. #a4e02e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #6a2ee0
  3. #e06a2e
  4. #a4e02e

Square

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #c32ee0
  3. #e06a2e
  4. #4be02e

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4966
  2. #1978a9
  3. #2ea4e0
  4. #71c1ea
  5. #b3def4

Shades

#2ea4e0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #2994ca
  3. #2583b3
  4. #20739d
  5. #1c6286
  6. #175270
  7. #12425a
  8. #0e3143
  9. #09212d
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea4e0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #43ade3
  3. #58b6e6
  4. #6dbfe9
  5. #82c8ec
  6. #97d2f0
  7. #abdbf3
  8. #c0e4f6
  9. #d5edf9
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea4e0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea4e0
  2. #36a0d6
  3. #3e9dcd
  4. #4799c3
  5. #4f96ba
  6. #5792b0
  7. #5f8ea6
  8. #678b9d
  9. #708793
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9eba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a4e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f93df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea4e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9adf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea4e0 {
  color: #2ea4e0;
}
Background
.bg-2ea4e0 {
  background-color: #2ea4e0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea4e0 {
  border: 2px solid #2ea4e0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea4e0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 164 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 74% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea4e0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea4e0, #2e4be0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea4e0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 164 224 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.75 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.50 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.88 #d15b1f Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea4e0  rgb(46, 164, 224)  hsl(200, 74%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e06a2e  rgb(224, 106, 46)  hsl(20, 74%, 53%)  Persimmon
#e02ea4  rgb(224, 46, 164)  hsl(320, 74%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e02e  rgb(164, 224, 46)  hsl(80, 74%, 53%)  Inchworm