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#2EA4EA

#2ea4ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea4ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.34% cyan, 29.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 202.34°, with 81.74% saturation and 54.9% 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 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.46.

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Relative luminance0.3307

Complementary

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #ea742e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #ea2e46
  3. #ead22e

Analogous

  1. #2eead2
  2. #2ea4ea
  3. #2e46ea

Triadic

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #ea2ea4
  3. #a4ea2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #742eea
  3. #ea742e
  4. #a4ea2e

Square

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #d22eea
  3. #ea742e
  4. #46ea2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4d73
  2. #137bb9
  3. #2ea4ea
  4. #74c2f1
  5. #b9e1f8

Shades

#2ea4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #2994d3
  3. #2583bb
  4. #2073a4
  5. #1c628c
  6. #175275
  7. #12425e
  8. #0e3146
  9. #09212f
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #43adec
  3. #58b6ee
  4. #6dbff0
  5. #82c8f2
  6. #97d2f5
  7. #abdbf7
  8. #c0e4f9
  9. #d5edfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea4ea
  2. #36a0df
  3. #3e9dd5
  4. #4799ca
  5. #4f96c0
  6. #5792b5
  7. #5f8eaa
  8. #678ba0
  9. #708795
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6994e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea4ea {
  color: #2ea4ea;
}
Background
.bg-2ea4ea {
  background-color: #2ea4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea4ea {
  border: 2px solid #2ea4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 164 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea4ea, #2e46ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 164 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.39 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.65 #d15b15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea4ea  rgb(46, 164, 234)  hsl(202, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea742e  rgb(234, 116, 46)  hsl(22, 82%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ea2ea4  rgb(234, 46, 164)  hsl(322, 82%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a4ea2e  rgb(164, 234, 46)  hsl(82, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm