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#2EA5FA

#2ea5fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea5fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 64.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.6% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 205°, with 95.33% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.65.

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Relative luminance0.3439

Complementary

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #fa832e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #fa2e3f
  3. #fae92e

Analogous

  1. #2efae9
  2. #2ea5fa
  3. #2e3ffa

Triadic

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #fa2ea5
  3. #a5fa2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #832efa
  3. #fa832e
  4. #a5fa2e

Square

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #e92efa
  3. #fa832e
  4. #3ffa2e

Monochromatic

  1. #03538c
  2. #057fd6
  3. #2ea5fa
  4. #79c5fc
  5. #c3e5fe

Shades

#2ea5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #2995e1
  3. #2584c8
  4. #2074af
  5. #1c6396
  6. #17537d
  7. #124264
  8. #0e324b
  9. #092132
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #43aefb
  3. #58b7fb
  4. #6dc0fc
  5. #82c9fc
  6. #97d2fd
  7. #abdbfd
  8. #c0e4fe
  9. #d5edfe
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea5fa
  2. #36a1ee
  3. #3e9ee2
  4. #479ad5
  5. #4f96c9
  6. #5793bd
  7. #5f8fb1
  8. #678ba5
  9. #708798
  10. #78848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a1ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6096f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #509cf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea5fa {
  color: #2ea5fa;
}
Background
.bg-2ea5fa {
  background-color: #2ea5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea5fa {
  border: 2px solid #2ea5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea5fa, #2e3ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.25 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.30 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.29 #d15a05 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea5fa  rgb(46, 165, 250)  hsl(205, 95%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fa832e  rgb(250, 131, 46)  hsl(25, 95%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fa2ea5  rgb(250, 46, 165)  hsl(325, 95%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a5fa2e  rgb(165, 250, 46)  hsl(85, 95%, 58%)  Green Yellow