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#2EAEFF

#2eaeff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2eaeff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.96% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 203.25°, with 100% saturation and 59.02% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3807

Complementary

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #ff7f2e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #ff2e46
  3. #ffe72e

Analogous

  1. #2effe7
  2. #2eaeff
  3. #2e46ff

Triadic

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #ff2eae
  3. #aeff2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #7f2eff
  3. #ff7f2e
  4. #aeff2e

Square

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #e72eff
  3. #ff7f2e
  4. #46ff2e

Monochromatic

  1. #005b94
  2. #008ae1
  3. #2eaeff
  4. #7bccff
  5. #c7e9ff

Shades

#2eaeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #299de6
  3. #258bcc
  4. #207ab3
  5. #1c6899
  6. #175780
  7. #124666
  8. #0e344d
  9. #092333
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #43b6ff
  3. #58beff
  4. #6dc6ff
  5. #82ceff
  6. #97d7ff
  7. #abdfff
  8. #c0e7ff
  9. #d5efff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaeff
  2. #36a9f2
  3. #3ea5e6
  4. #47a0d9
  5. #4f9ccc
  6. #5797c0
  7. #5f92b3
  8. #678ea6
  9. #708999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a9d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9efe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fafff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaeff {
  color: #2eaeff;
}
Background
.bg-2eaeff {
  background-color: #2eaeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaeff {
  border: 2px solid #2eaeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaeff, #2e46ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.08 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.53 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.93 #d15100 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2eaeff  rgb(46, 174, 255)  hsl(203, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff7f2e  rgb(255, 127, 46)  hsl(23, 100%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#ff2eae  rgb(255, 46, 174)  hsl(323, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aeff2e  rgb(174, 255, 46)  hsl(83, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow