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#2EA9DA

#2ea9da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea9da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 66.27% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.9% cyan, 22.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 197.09°, with 69.92% saturation and 51.76% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.3402

Complementary

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #da5f2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #da2e53
  3. #dab52e

Analogous

  1. #2edab5
  2. #2ea9da
  3. #2e53da

Triadic

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #da2ea9
  3. #a9da2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #5f2eda
  3. #da5f2e
  4. #a9da2e

Square

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #b52eda
  3. #da5f2e
  4. #53da2e

Monochromatic

  1. #11485e
  2. #1c7a9f
  3. #2ea9da
  4. #6fc4e6
  5. #b0def1

Shades

#2ea9da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #2998c4
  3. #2587ae
  4. #207699
  5. #1c6583
  6. #17556d
  7. #124457
  8. #0e3341
  9. #09222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea9da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #43b2de
  3. #58bae1
  4. #6dc3e5
  5. #82cbe9
  6. #97d4ed
  7. #abddf0
  8. #c0e5f4
  9. #d5eef8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea9da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea9da
  2. #36a5d1
  3. #3ea1c8
  4. #479dbf
  5. #4f99b6
  6. #5795ad
  7. #5f90a4
  8. #678c9b
  9. #708892
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a2b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a7dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7997d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a8db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639eda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea9da {
  color: #2ea9da;
}
Background
.bg-2ea9da {
  background-color: #2ea9da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea9da {
  border: 2px solid #2ea9da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea9da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 169 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea9da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea9da, #2e53da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea9da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 169 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.39 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.43 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.45 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.42 #d15625 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea9da  rgb(46, 169, 218)  hsl(197, 70%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#da5f2e  rgb(218, 95, 46)  hsl(17, 70%, 52%)  Flame
#da2ea9  rgb(218, 46, 169)  hsl(317, 70%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a9da2e  rgb(169, 218, 46)  hsl(77, 70%, 52%)  Yellow Green