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#2EA4EC

#2ea4ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea4ec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.51% cyan, 30.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 202.74°, with 83.33% saturation and 55.29% 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 7.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.57.

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Relative luminance0.3319

Complementary

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #ec762e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #ec2e45
  3. #ecd52e

Analogous

  1. #2eecd5
  2. #2ea4ec
  3. #2e45ec

Triadic

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #ec2ea4
  3. #a4ec2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #762eec
  3. #ec762e
  4. #a4ec2e

Square

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #d52eec
  3. #ec762e
  4. #45ec2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4d76
  2. #117bbc
  3. #2ea4ec
  4. #74c3f2
  5. #bae1f9

Shades

#2ea4ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #2994d4
  3. #2583bd
  4. #2073a5
  5. #1c628e
  6. #175276
  7. #12425e
  8. #0e3147
  9. #09212f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea4ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #43adee
  3. #58b6f0
  4. #6dbff2
  5. #82c8f4
  6. #97d2f6
  7. #abdbf7
  8. #c0e4f9
  9. #d5edfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea4ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea4ec
  2. #36a0e1
  3. #3e9dd6
  4. #4799cc
  5. #4f96c1
  6. #5792b6
  7. #5f8eab
  8. #678ba0
  9. #708796
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a5ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6894eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa5ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #569beb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea4ec {
  color: #2ea4ec;
}
Background
.bg-2ea4ec {
  background-color: #2ea4ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea4ec {
  border: 2px solid #2ea4ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea4ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 164 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea4ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea4ec, #2e45ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea4ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 164 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.64 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.46 #d15b13 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea4ec  rgb(46, 164, 236)  hsl(203, 83%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ec762e  rgb(236, 118, 46)  hsl(23, 83%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ec2ea4  rgb(236, 46, 164)  hsl(323, 83%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a4ec2e  rgb(164, 236, 46)  hsl(83, 83%, 55%)  Inchworm