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#2EA4E2

#2ea4e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea4e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.65% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 200.67°, with 75.63% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.33.

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Relative luminance0.3262

Complementary

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #e26c2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #e22e4a
  3. #e2c62e

Analogous

  1. #2ee2c6
  2. #2ea4e2
  3. #2e4ae2

Triadic

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #e22ea4
  3. #a4e22e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #6c2ee2
  3. #e26c2e
  4. #a4e22e

Square

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #c62ee2
  3. #e26c2e
  4. #4ae22e

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4968
  2. #1879ac
  3. #2ea4e2
  4. #71c1eb
  5. #b4def5

Shades

#2ea4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #2994cb
  3. #2583b5
  4. #20739e
  5. #1c6288
  6. #175271
  7. #12425a
  8. #0e3144
  9. #09212d
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #43ade5
  3. #58b6e8
  4. #6dbfeb
  5. #82c8ee
  6. #97d2f1
  7. #abdbf3
  8. #c0e4f6
  9. #d5edf9
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea4e2
  2. #36a0d8
  3. #3e9dce
  4. #4799c5
  5. #4f96bb
  6. #5792b1
  7. #5f8ea7
  8. #678b9d
  9. #708794
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9ebc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a4e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e93e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da4e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9ae1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea4e2 {
  color: #2ea4e2;
}
Background
.bg-2ea4e2 {
  background-color: #2ea4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #2ea4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 164 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 76% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea4e2, #2e4ae2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 164 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.69 #d15b1d Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea4e2  rgb(46, 164, 226)  hsl(201, 76%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e26c2e  rgb(226, 108, 46)  hsl(21, 76%, 53%)  Persimmon
#e22ea4  rgb(226, 46, 164)  hsl(321, 76%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e22e  rgb(164, 226, 46)  hsl(81, 76%, 53%)  Inchworm