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#2EAADD

#2eaadd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2eaadd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 66.67% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.19% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 197.49°, with 72.02% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.29.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3455

Complementary

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #dd612e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #dd2e52
  3. #ddb92e

Analogous

  1. #2eddb9
  2. #2eaadd
  3. #2e52dd

Triadic

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #dd2eaa
  3. #aadd2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #612edd
  3. #dd612e
  4. #aadd2e

Square

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #b92edd
  3. #dd612e
  4. #52dd2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104a62
  2. #1b7ca4
  3. #2eaadd
  4. #70c5e8
  5. #b2e0f2

Shades

#2eaadd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #2999c7
  3. #2588b1
  4. #20779b
  5. #1c6685
  6. #17556f
  7. #124458
  8. #0e3342
  9. #09222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaadd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #43b3e0
  3. #58bbe4
  4. #6dc4e7
  5. #82cceb
  6. #97d5ee
  7. #abddf1
  8. #c0e6f5
  9. #d5eef8
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaadd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaadd
  2. #36a6d4
  3. #3ea2ca
  4. #479dc1
  5. #4f99b8
  6. #5795af
  7. #5f91a5
  8. #678d9c
  9. #708893
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a8df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7998dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a9de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639fdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaadd {
  color: #2eaadd;
}
Background
.bg-2eaadd {
  background-color: #2eaadd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaadd {
  border: 2px solid #2eaadd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaadd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 170 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaadd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaadd, #2e52dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaadd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 170 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.12 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.28 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.29 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.01 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.40 #d15522 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaadd  rgb(46, 170, 221)  hsl(197, 72%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dd612e  rgb(221, 97, 46)  hsl(17, 72%, 52%)  Flame
#dd2eaa  rgb(221, 46, 170)  hsl(317, 72%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#aadd2e  rgb(170, 221, 46)  hsl(77, 72%, 52%)  Yellow Green