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#2EAEF3

#2eaef3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2eaef3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 68.24% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.07% cyan, 28.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 201.02°, with 89.14% saturation and 56.67% 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 8.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.3732

Complementary

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #f3732e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #f32e4b
  3. #f3d62e

Analogous

  1. #2ef3d6
  2. #2eaef3
  3. #2e4bf3

Triadic

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #f32eae
  3. #aef32e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #732ef3
  3. #f3732e
  4. #aef32e

Square

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #d62ef3
  3. #f3732e
  4. #4bf32e

Monochromatic

  1. #075681
  2. #0c87c9
  3. #2eaef3
  4. #76caf7
  5. #bfe6fb

Shades

#2eaef3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #299ddb
  3. #258bc2
  4. #207aaa
  5. #1c6892
  6. #17577a
  7. #124661
  8. #0e3449
  9. #092331
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaef3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #43b6f4
  3. #58bef5
  4. #6dc6f7
  5. #82cef8
  6. #97d7f9
  7. #abdffa
  8. #c0e7fb
  9. #d5effd
  10. #eaf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaef3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaef3
  2. #36a9e8
  3. #3ea5dc
  4. #47a0d1
  5. #4f9cc5
  6. #5797ba
  7. #5f92ae
  8. #678ea3
  9. #708997
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a8c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8daef6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #739cf2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73aef5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ea4f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaef3 {
  color: #2eaef3;
}
Background
.bg-2eaef3 {
  background-color: #2eaef3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaef3 {
  border: 2px solid #2eaef3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaef3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 174 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 89% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaef3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaef3, #2e4bf3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaef3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 174 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.52 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.60 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.14 #d1510c Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaef3  rgb(46, 174, 243)  hsl(201, 89%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#f3732e  rgb(243, 115, 46)  hsl(21, 89%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#f32eae  rgb(243, 46, 174)  hsl(321, 89%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#aef32e  rgb(174, 243, 46)  hsl(81, 89%, 57%)  Spring Bud