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#2EAADE

#2eaade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2eaade 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.28% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 197.73°, with 72.73% saturation and 52.55% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.16.

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Relative luminance0.346

Complementary

  1. #2eaade
  2. #de622e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaade
  2. #de2e52
  3. #deba2e

Analogous

  1. #2edeba
  2. #2eaade
  3. #2e52de

Triadic

  1. #2eaade
  2. #de2eaa
  3. #aade2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaade
  2. #622ede
  3. #de622e
  4. #aade2e

Square

  1. #2eaade
  2. #ba2ede
  3. #de622e
  4. #52de2e

Monochromatic

  1. #104b63
  2. #1a7ca5
  3. #2eaade
  4. #70c5e8
  5. #b2e0f3

Shades

#2eaade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaade
  2. #2999c8
  3. #2588b2
  4. #20779b
  5. #1c6685
  6. #17556f
  7. #124459
  8. #0e3343
  9. #09222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaade
  2. #43b3e1
  3. #58bbe5
  4. #6dc4e8
  5. #82cceb
  6. #97d5ef
  7. #abddf2
  8. #c0e6f5
  9. #d5eef8
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaade
  2. #36a6d5
  3. #3ea2cb
  4. #479dc2
  5. #4f99b8
  6. #5795af
  7. #5f91a6
  8. #678d9c
  9. #708893
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a8e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7898dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639fde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaade {
  color: #2eaade;
}
Background
.bg-2eaade {
  background-color: #2eaade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaade {
  border: 2px solid #2eaade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 73% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaade, #2e52de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.89 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.35 #d15521 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaade  rgb(46, 170, 222)  hsl(198, 73%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#de622e  rgb(222, 98, 46)  hsl(18, 73%, 53%)  Flame
#de2eaa  rgb(222, 46, 170)  hsl(318, 73%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#aade2e  rgb(170, 222, 46)  hsl(78, 73%, 53%)  Yellow Green