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#2EA9F2

#2ea9f2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea9f2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 66.27% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.99% cyan, 30.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 202.35°, with 88.29% saturation and 56.47% 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 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.42.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3537

Complementary

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #f2772e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #f22e47
  3. #f2d92e

Analogous

  1. #2ef2d9
  2. #2ea9f2
  3. #2e47f2

Triadic

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #f22ea9
  3. #a9f22e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #772ef2
  3. #f2772e
  4. #a9f22e

Square

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #d92ef2
  3. #f2772e
  4. #47f22e

Monochromatic

  1. #08537f
  2. #0c82c7
  3. #2ea9f2
  4. #76c7f6
  5. #bee4fb

Shades

#2ea9f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #2998da
  3. #2587c2
  4. #2076a9
  5. #1c6591
  6. #175579
  7. #124461
  8. #0e3349
  9. #092230
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea9f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #43b2f3
  3. #58baf5
  4. #6dc3f6
  5. #82cbf7
  6. #97d4f9
  7. #abddfa
  8. #c0e5fb
  9. #d5eefc
  10. #eaf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea9f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea9f2
  2. #36a5e7
  3. #3ea1db
  4. #479dd0
  5. #4f99c4
  6. #5795b9
  7. #5f90ae
  8. #678ca2
  9. #708897
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a4c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86aaf5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c99f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eaaf4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599ff1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea9f2 {
  color: #2ea9f2;
}
Background
.bg-2ea9f2 {
  background-color: #2ea9f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea9f2 {
  border: 2px solid #2ea9f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea9f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 169 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 88% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea9f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea9f2, #2e47f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea9f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 169 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.36 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.37 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.07 #d1560d Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea9f2  rgb(46, 169, 242)  hsl(202, 88%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#f2772e  rgb(242, 119, 46)  hsl(22, 88%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#f22ea9  rgb(242, 46, 169)  hsl(322, 88%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a9f22e  rgb(169, 242, 46)  hsl(82, 88%, 56%)  Spring Bud