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#2EA9EA

#2ea9ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ea9ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.34% cyan, 27.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 200.74°, with 81.74% saturation and 54.9% 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 7.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.19.

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Relative luminance0.349

Complementary

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #ea6f2e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #ea2e4b
  3. #eacd2e

Analogous

  1. #2eeacd
  2. #2ea9ea
  3. #2e4bea

Triadic

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #ea2ea9
  3. #a9ea2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #6f2eea
  3. #ea6f2e
  4. #a9ea2e

Square

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #cd2eea
  3. #ea6f2e
  4. #4bea2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5073
  2. #137fb9
  3. #2ea9ea
  4. #74c6f1
  5. #b9e2f8

Shades

#2ea9ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #2998d3
  3. #2587bb
  4. #2076a4
  5. #1c658c
  6. #175575
  7. #12445e
  8. #0e3346
  9. #09222f
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea9ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #43b2ec
  3. #58baee
  4. #6dc3f0
  5. #82cbf2
  6. #97d4f5
  7. #abddf7
  8. #c0e5f9
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea9ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea9ea
  2. #36a5df
  3. #3ea1d5
  4. #479dca
  5. #4f99c0
  6. #5795b5
  7. #5f90aa
  8. #678ca0
  9. #708895
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7198e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea9ea {
  color: #2ea9ea;
}
Background
.bg-2ea9ea {
  background-color: #2ea9ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea9ea {
  border: 2px solid #2ea9ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea9ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 169 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea9ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea9ea, #2e4bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea9ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 169 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.06 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.33 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.74 #d15615 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea9ea  rgb(46, 169, 234)  hsl(201, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6f2e  rgb(234, 111, 46)  hsl(21, 82%, 55%)  Persimmon
#ea2ea9  rgb(234, 46, 169)  hsl(321, 82%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#a9ea2e  rgb(169, 234, 46)  hsl(81, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm