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#2EA5DC

#2ea5dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea5dc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.09% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 198.97°, with 71.31% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3266

Complementary

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #dc652e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #dc2e4e
  3. #dcbc2e

Analogous

  1. #2edcbc
  2. #2ea5dc
  3. #2e4edc

Triadic

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #dc2ea5
  3. #a5dc2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #652edc
  3. #dc652e
  4. #a5dc2e

Square

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #bc2edc
  3. #dc652e
  4. #4edc2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104761
  2. #1b78a2
  3. #2ea5dc
  4. #70c1e7
  5. #b1ddf2

Shades

#2ea5dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #2995c6
  3. #2584b0
  4. #20749a
  5. #1c6384
  6. #17536e
  7. #124258
  8. #0e3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea5dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #43aee0
  3. #58b7e3
  4. #6dc0e7
  5. #82c9ea
  6. #97d2ee
  7. #abdbf1
  8. #c0e4f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea5dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea5dc
  2. #36a1d3
  3. #3e9eca
  4. #479ac0
  5. #4f96b7
  6. #5793ae
  7. #5f8fa5
  8. #678b9c
  9. #708792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa4df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7394db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a4de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9bdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea5dc {
  color: #2ea5dc;
}
Background
.bg-2ea5dc {
  background-color: #2ea5dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea5dc {
  border: 2px solid #2ea5dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea5dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 165 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea5dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea5dc, #2e4edc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea5dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 165 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.37 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.92 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.62 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.63 #d15a23 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea5dc  rgb(46, 165, 220)  hsl(199, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dc652e  rgb(220, 101, 46)  hsl(19, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#dc2ea5  rgb(220, 46, 165)  hsl(319, 71%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a5dc2e  rgb(165, 220, 46)  hsl(79, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green