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#2EACEA

#2eacea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2eacea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 67.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.34% cyan, 26.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.79°, 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.88.

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Relative luminance0.3603

Complementary

  1. #2eacea
  2. #ea6c2e

Split complementary

  1. #2eacea
  2. #ea2e4e
  3. #eaca2e

Analogous

  1. #2eeaca
  2. #2eacea
  3. #2e4eea

Triadic

  1. #2eacea
  2. #ea2eac
  3. #acea2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eacea
  2. #6c2eea
  3. #ea6c2e
  4. #acea2e

Square

  1. #2eacea
  2. #ca2eea
  3. #ea6c2e
  4. #4eea2e

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5173
  2. #1382b9
  3. #2eacea
  4. #74c8f1
  5. #b9e3f8

Shades

#2eacea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eacea
  2. #299bd3
  3. #258abb
  4. #2078a4
  5. #1c678c
  6. #175675
  7. #12455e
  8. #0e3446
  9. #09222f
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eacea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eacea
  2. #43b4ec
  3. #58bdee
  4. #6dc5f0
  5. #82cdf2
  6. #97d6f5
  7. #abdef7
  8. #c0e6f9
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eacea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eacea
  2. #36a8df
  3. #3ea3d5
  4. #479fca
  5. #4f9ac0
  6. #5796b5
  7. #5f92aa
  8. #678da0
  9. #708995
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eabed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73acec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eacea {
  color: #2eacea;
}
Background
.bg-2eacea {
  background-color: #2eacea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eacea {
  border: 2px solid #2eacea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eacea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 172 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eacea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eacea, #2e4eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eacea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 172 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.58 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.68 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.69 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.23 #d15315 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eacea  rgb(46, 172, 234)  hsl(200, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6c2e  rgb(234, 108, 46)  hsl(20, 82%, 55%)  Persimmon
#ea2eac  rgb(234, 46, 172)  hsl(320, 82%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#acea2e  rgb(172, 234, 46)  hsl(80, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm