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#2EA6D2

#2ea6d2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea6d2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 65.1% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.1% cyan, 20.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 196.1°, with 64.57% saturation and 50.2% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.87.

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Relative luminance0.3251

Complementary

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #d25a2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #d22e54
  3. #d2ac2e

Analogous

  1. #2ed2ac
  2. #2ea6d2
  3. #2e54d2

Triadic

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #d22ea6
  3. #a6d22e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #5a2ed2
  3. #d25a2e
  4. #a6d22e

Square

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #ac2ed2
  3. #d25a2e
  4. #54d22e

Monochromatic

  1. #124355
  2. #207594
  3. #2ea6d2
  4. #6dc1e0
  5. #acdced

Shades

#2ea6d2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #2995bd
  3. #2585a8
  4. #207493
  5. #1c647e
  6. #175369
  7. #124254
  8. #0e323f
  9. #09212a
  10. #051115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea6d2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #43afd7
  3. #58b8db
  4. #6dc1e0
  5. #82cae4
  6. #97d3e9
  7. #abdbed
  8. #c0e4f2
  9. #d5edf6
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea6d2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea6d2
  2. #36a2ca
  3. #3e9ec2
  4. #479bb9
  5. #4f97b1
  6. #5793a9
  7. #5f8fa1
  8. #678b99
  9. #708890
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9fb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa3d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7994d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a4d3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639bd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea6d2 {
  color: #2ea6d2;
}
Background
.bg-2ea6d2 {
  background-color: #2ea6d2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea6d2 {
  border: 2px solid #2ea6d2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea6d2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 166 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 65% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea6d2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea6d2, #2e54d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea6d2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 166 210 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.75 #d1592d Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea6d2  rgb(46, 166, 210)  hsl(196, 65%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#d25a2e  rgb(210, 90, 46)  hsl(16, 65%, 50%)  Flame
#d22ea6  rgb(210, 46, 166)  hsl(316, 65%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6d22e  rgb(166, 210, 46)  hsl(76, 65%, 50%)  Yellow Green