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#2EA9FF

#2ea9ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2ea9ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.96% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.69°, 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.28.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3618

Complementary

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #ff842e

Split complementary

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #ff2e40
  3. #ffed2e

Analogous

  1. #2effed
  2. #2ea9ff
  3. #2e40ff

Triadic

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #ff2ea9
  3. #a9ff2e

Tetradic

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #842eff
  3. #ff842e
  4. #a9ff2e

Square

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #ed2eff
  3. #ff842e
  4. #40ff2e

Monochromatic

  1. #005794
  2. #0084e1
  3. #2ea9ff
  4. #7bc8ff
  5. #c7e8ff

Shades

#2ea9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #2998e6
  3. #2587cc
  4. #2076b3
  5. #1c6599
  6. #175580
  7. #124466
  8. #0e334d
  9. #092233
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ea9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #43b2ff
  3. #58baff
  4. #6dc3ff
  5. #82cbff
  6. #97d4ff
  7. #abddff
  8. #c0e5ff
  9. #d5eeff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ea9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ea9ff
  2. #36a5f2
  3. #3ea1e6
  4. #479dd9
  5. #4f99cc
  6. #5795c0
  7. #5f90b3
  8. #678ca6
  9. #708899
  10. #78848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a5ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #639afd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69abff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #52a0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ea9ff {
  color: #2ea9ff;
}
Background
.bg-2ea9ff {
  background-color: #2ea9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ea9ff {
  border: 2px solid #2ea9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ea9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 169 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ea9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ea9ff, #2e40ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ea9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 169 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.28 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.34 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.48 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.70 #d15600 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2ea9ff  rgb(46, 169, 255)  hsl(205, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff842e  rgb(255, 132, 46)  hsl(25, 100%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#ff2ea9  rgb(255, 46, 169)  hsl(325, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a9ff2e  rgb(169, 255, 46)  hsl(85, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow