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#2EA8FF

#2ea8ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea8ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 65.88% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.96% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.98°, with 100% saturation and 59.02% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.2.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3581

Complementary

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #ff852e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #ff2e3f
  3. #ffee2e

Analogous

  1. #2effee
  2. #2ea8ff
  3. #2e3fff

Triadic

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #ff2ea8
  3. #a8ff2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #852eff
  3. #ff852e
  4. #a8ff2e

Square

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #ee2eff
  3. #ff852e
  4. #3fff2e

Monochromatic

  1. #005694
  2. #0083e1
  3. #2ea8ff
  4. #7bc8ff
  5. #c7e8ff

Shades

#2ea8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #2997e6
  3. #2586cc
  4. #2076b3
  5. #1c6599
  6. #175480
  7. #124366
  8. #0e324d
  9. #092233
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #43b1ff
  3. #58b9ff
  4. #6dc2ff
  5. #82cbff
  6. #97d4ff
  7. #abdcff
  8. #c0e5ff
  9. #d5eeff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea8ff
  2. #36a4f2
  3. #3ea0e6
  4. #479cd9
  5. #4f98cc
  6. #5794c0
  7. #5f90b3
  8. #678ca6
  9. #708899
  10. #78848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a4ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7facff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6199fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68aaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #519ffe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea8ff {
  color: #2ea8ff;
}
Background
.bg-2ea8ff {
  background-color: #2ea8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea8ff {
  border: 2px solid #2ea8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 168 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea8ff, #2e3fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 168 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.39 #d15700 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea8ff  rgb(46, 168, 255)  hsl(205, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff852e  rgb(255, 133, 46)  hsl(25, 100%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#ff2ea8  rgb(255, 46, 168)  hsl(325, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a8ff2e  rgb(168, 255, 46)  hsl(85, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow