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#2EAEF6

#2eaef6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2eaef6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.3% cyan, 29.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 201.6°, with 91.74% saturation and 57.25% 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 8.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.44.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3751

Complementary

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #f6762e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #f62e4a
  3. #f6da2e

Analogous

  1. #2ef6da
  2. #2eaef6
  3. #2e4af6

Triadic

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #f62eae
  3. #aef62e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #762ef6
  3. #f6762e
  4. #aef62e

Square

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #da2ef6
  3. #f6762e
  4. #4af62e

Monochromatic

  1. #065785
  2. #0987cf
  3. #2eaef6
  4. #77caf9
  5. #c1e7fc

Shades

#2eaef6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #299ddd
  3. #258bc5
  4. #207aac
  5. #1c6894
  6. #17577b
  7. #124662
  8. #0e344a
  9. #092331
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaef6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #43b6f7
  3. #58bef8
  4. #6dc6f9
  5. #82cefa
  6. #97d7fb
  7. #abdffb
  8. #c0e7fc
  9. #d5effd
  10. #eaf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaef6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaef6
  2. #36a9ea
  3. #3ea5de
  4. #47a0d3
  5. #4f9cc7
  6. #5797bb
  7. #5f92af
  8. #678ea3
  9. #708998
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a9ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8caff9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719df5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72aef8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5da4f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaef6 {
  color: #2eaef6;
}
Background
.bg-2eaef6 {
  background-color: #2eaef6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaef6 {
  border: 2px solid #2eaef6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaef6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 174 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 92% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaef6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaef6, #2e4af6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaef6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 174 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.96 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.33 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.83 #d15109 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaef6  rgb(46, 174, 246)  hsl(202, 92%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#f6762e  rgb(246, 118, 46)  hsl(22, 92%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#f62eae  rgb(246, 46, 174)  hsl(322, 92%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#aef62e  rgb(174, 246, 46)  hsl(82, 92%, 57%)  Spring Bud