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#2EAEFB

#2eaefb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2eaefb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.67% cyan, 30.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 202.54°, with 96.24% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.66.

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Relative luminance0.3782

Complementary

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #fb7b2e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #fb2e48
  3. #fbe22e

Analogous

  1. #2efbe2
  2. #2eaefb
  3. #2e48fb

Triadic

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #fb2eae
  3. #aefb2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #7b2efb
  3. #fb7b2e
  4. #aefb2e

Square

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #e22efb
  3. #fb7b2e
  4. #48fb2e

Monochromatic

  1. #03598d
  2. #0489d8
  3. #2eaefb
  4. #79cbfc
  5. #c4e8fe

Shades

#2eaefb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #299de2
  3. #258bc9
  4. #207ab0
  5. #1c6897
  6. #17577e
  7. #124664
  8. #0e344b
  9. #092332
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaefb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #43b6fb
  3. #58befc
  4. #6dc6fc
  5. #82cefd
  6. #97d7fd
  7. #abdffd
  8. #c0e7fe
  9. #d5effe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaefb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaefb
  2. #36a9ef
  3. #3ea5e2
  4. #47a0d6
  5. #4f9cca
  6. #5797be
  7. #5f92b1
  8. #678ea5
  9. #708999
  10. #78858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b0fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9dfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70affd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ba4fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00badf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaefb {
  color: #2eaefb;
}
Background
.bg-2eaefb {
  background-color: #2eaefb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaefb {
  border: 2px solid #2eaefb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaefb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 174 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 96% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaefb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaefb, #2e48fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaefb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 174 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.66 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.38 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.52 #d15104 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaefb  rgb(46, 174, 251)  hsl(203, 96%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fb7b2e  rgb(251, 123, 46)  hsl(23, 96%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fb2eae  rgb(251, 46, 174)  hsl(323, 96%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#aefb2e  rgb(174, 251, 46)  hsl(83, 96%, 58%)  Green Yellow