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#2EA5DA

#2ea5da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea5da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 64.71% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.9% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 198.49°, with 69.92% saturation and 51.76% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.16.

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Relative luminance0.3255

Complementary

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #da632e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #da2e4f
  3. #dab92e

Analogous

  1. #2edab9
  2. #2ea5da
  3. #2e4fda

Triadic

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #da2ea5
  3. #a5da2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #632eda
  3. #da632e
  4. #a5da2e

Square

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #b92eda
  3. #da632e
  4. #4fda2e

Monochromatic

  1. #11465e
  2. #1c779f
  3. #2ea5da
  4. #6fc1e6
  5. #b0ddf1

Shades

#2ea5da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #2995c4
  3. #2584ae
  4. #207499
  5. #1c6383
  6. #17536d
  7. #124257
  8. #0e3241
  9. #09212c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea5da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #43aede
  3. #58b7e1
  4. #6dc0e5
  5. #82c9e9
  6. #97d2ed
  7. #abdbf0
  8. #c0e4f4
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea5da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea5da
  2. #36a1d1
  3. #3e9ec8
  4. #479abf
  5. #4f96b6
  6. #5793ad
  7. #5f8fa4
  8. #678b9b
  9. #708792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ba3dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7493d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a4dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9bda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea5da {
  color: #2ea5da;
}
Background
.bg-2ea5da {
  background-color: #2ea5da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea5da {
  border: 2px solid #2ea5da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea5da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 165 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea5da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea5da, #2e4fda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea5da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 165 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.41 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.68 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.80 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.54 #d15a25 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea5da  rgb(46, 165, 218)  hsl(198, 70%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#da632e  rgb(218, 99, 46)  hsl(18, 70%, 52%)  Flame
#da2ea5  rgb(218, 46, 165)  hsl(318, 70%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a5da2e  rgb(165, 218, 46)  hsl(78, 70%, 52%)  Yellow Green