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#2F97CD

#2f97cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2f97cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 59.22% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.07% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 200.51°, with 62.7% saturation and 49.41% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.25.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2715

Complementary

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #cd652f

Split complementary

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #cd2f48
  3. #cdb42f

Analogous

  1. #2fcdb4
  2. #2f97cd
  3. #2f48cd

Triadic

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #cd2f97
  3. #97cd2f

Tetradic

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #652fcd
  3. #cd652f
  4. #97cd2f

Square

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #b42fcd
  3. #cd652f
  4. #48cd2f

Monochromatic

  1. #123b51
  2. #21698f
  3. #2f97cd
  4. #6bb6dd
  5. #aad5eb

Shades

#2f97cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #2a88b9
  3. #2679a4
  4. #216a90
  5. #1c5b7b
  6. #184c67
  7. #133c52
  8. #0e2d3e
  9. #091e29
  10. #050f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f97cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #44a1d2
  3. #59acd7
  4. #6db6dc
  5. #82c1e1
  6. #97cbe6
  7. #acd5eb
  8. #c1e0f0
  9. #d5eaf5
  10. #eaf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f97cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f97cd
  2. #3795c5
  3. #3f92be
  4. #4790b6
  5. #4f8eae
  6. #588ca7
  7. #60899f
  8. #688797
  9. #70858f
  10. #788288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7492ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d96cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6888cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6797ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #568ecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f97cd {
  color: #2f97cd;
}
Background
.bg-2f97cd {
  background-color: #2f97cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2f97cd {
  border: 2px solid #2f97cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f97cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 151 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 63% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f97cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f97cd, #2f48cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f97cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 151 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.38 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.78 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.55 #d06832 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2f97cd  rgb(47, 151, 205)  hsl(201, 63%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#cd652f  rgb(205, 101, 47)  hsl(21, 63%, 49%)  Chocolate
#cd2f97  rgb(205, 47, 151)  hsl(321, 63%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#97cd2f  rgb(151, 205, 47)  hsl(81, 63%, 49%)  Yellow Green