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#2EA8DB

#2ea8db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea8db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 65.88% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79% cyan, 23.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 197.69°, with 70.61% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.337

Complementary

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #db612e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #db2e51
  3. #dbb82e

Analogous

  1. #2edbb8
  2. #2ea8db
  3. #2e51db

Triadic

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #db2ea8
  3. #a8db2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #612edb
  3. #db612e
  4. #a8db2e

Square

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #b82edb
  3. #db612e
  4. #51db2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104860
  2. #1c7aa1
  3. #2ea8db
  4. #6fc3e6
  5. #b1def1

Shades

#2ea8db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #2997c5
  3. #2586af
  4. #207699
  5. #1c6583
  6. #17546e
  7. #124358
  8. #0e3242
  9. #09222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea8db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #43b1df
  3. #58b9e2
  4. #6dc2e6
  5. #82cbe9
  6. #97d4ed
  7. #abdcf1
  8. #c0e5f4
  9. #d5eef8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea8db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea8db
  2. #36a4d2
  3. #3ea0c9
  4. #479cc0
  5. #4f98b7
  6. #5794ae
  7. #5f90a4
  8. #678c9b
  9. #708892
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea6dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7796da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a7dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #629ddb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea8db {
  color: #2ea8db;
}
Background
.bg-2ea8db {
  background-color: #2ea8db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea8db {
  border: 2px solid #2ea8db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea8db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 168 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea8db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea8db, #2e51db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea8db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 168 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.92 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.31 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.39 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.22 #d15724 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea8db  rgb(46, 168, 219)  hsl(198, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db612e  rgb(219, 97, 46)  hsl(18, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#db2ea8  rgb(219, 46, 168)  hsl(318, 71%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a8db2e  rgb(168, 219, 46)  hsl(78, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green