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#2EA8EB

#2ea8eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea8eb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.43% cyan, 28.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 201.27°, with 82.53% saturation and 55.1% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.01.

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Relative luminance0.3458

Complementary

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #eb712e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #eb2e4a
  3. #ebd02e

Analogous

  1. #2eebd0
  2. #2ea8eb
  3. #2e4aeb

Triadic

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #eb2ea8
  3. #a8eb2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #712eeb
  3. #eb712e
  4. #a8eb2e

Square

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #d02eeb
  3. #eb712e
  4. #4aeb2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4f75
  2. #127fbb
  3. #2ea8eb
  4. #74c5f2
  5. #bae2f8

Shades

#2ea8eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #2997d4
  3. #2586bc
  4. #2076a5
  5. #1c658d
  6. #175476
  7. #12435e
  8. #0e3247
  9. #09222f
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea8eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #43b1ed
  3. #58b9ef
  4. #6dc2f1
  5. #82cbf3
  6. #97d4f5
  7. #abdcf7
  8. #c0e5f9
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea8eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea8eb
  2. #36a4e0
  3. #3ea0d6
  4. #479ccb
  5. #4f98c0
  6. #5794b6
  7. #5f90ab
  8. #678ca0
  9. #708895
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f97ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa8ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9eea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea8eb {
  color: #2ea8eb;
}
Background
.bg-2ea8eb {
  background-color: #2ea8eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea8eb {
  border: 2px solid #2ea8eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea8eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 168 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea8eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea8eb, #2e4aeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea8eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 168 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.22 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.26 #d15714 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea8eb  rgb(46, 168, 235)  hsl(201, 83%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#eb712e  rgb(235, 113, 46)  hsl(21, 83%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#eb2ea8  rgb(235, 46, 168)  hsl(321, 83%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#a8eb2e  rgb(168, 235, 46)  hsl(81, 83%, 55%)  Inchworm