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#2EA7DC

#2ea7dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea7dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 65.49% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.09% cyan, 24.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 198.28°, 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 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.48.

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Relative luminance0.3339

Complementary

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #dc632e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #dc2e50
  3. #dcba2e

Analogous

  1. #2edcba
  2. #2ea7dc
  3. #2e50dc

Triadic

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #dc2ea7
  3. #a7dc2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #632edc
  3. #dc632e
  4. #a7dc2e

Square

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #ba2edc
  3. #dc632e
  4. #50dc2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104861
  2. #1b79a2
  3. #2ea7dc
  4. #70c3e7
  5. #b1def2

Shades

#2ea7dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #2996c6
  3. #2586b0
  4. #20759a
  5. #1c6484
  6. #17546e
  7. #124358
  8. #0e3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea7dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #43b0e0
  3. #58b9e3
  4. #6dc1e7
  5. #82caea
  6. #97d3ee
  7. #abdcf1
  8. #c0e5f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea7dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea7dc
  2. #36a3d3
  3. #3e9fca
  4. #479bc0
  5. #4f97b7
  6. #5794ae
  7. #5f90a5
  8. #678c9c
  9. #708892
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca5df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7595db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a6de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #619ddc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea7dc {
  color: #2ea7dc;
}
Background
.bg-2ea7dc {
  background-color: #2ea7dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea7dc {
  border: 2px solid #2ea7dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea7dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 167 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea7dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea7dc, #2e50dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea7dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 167 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.93 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.58 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.37 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.03 #d15823 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea7dc  rgb(46, 167, 220)  hsl(198, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dc632e  rgb(220, 99, 46)  hsl(18, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#dc2ea7  rgb(220, 46, 167)  hsl(318, 71%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a7dc2e  rgb(167, 220, 46)  hsl(78, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green