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#2F98CA

#2f98ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2f98ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 59.61% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.73% cyan, 24.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 199.35°, with 62.25% saturation and 48.82% 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 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2733

Complementary

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #ca612f

Split complementary

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #ca2f4b
  3. #caae2f

Analogous

  1. #2fcaae
  2. #2f98ca
  3. #2f4bca

Triadic

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #ca2f98
  3. #98ca2f

Tetradic

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #612fca
  3. #ca612f
  4. #98ca2f

Square

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #ae2fca
  3. #ca612f
  4. #4bca2f

Monochromatic

  1. #123b4e
  2. #21698c
  3. #2f98ca
  4. #69b7dc
  5. #a7d5eb

Shades

#2f98ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #2a89b6
  3. #267aa2
  4. #216a8d
  5. #1c5b79
  6. #184c65
  7. #133d51
  8. #0e2e3d
  9. #091e28
  10. #050f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f98ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #44a2cf
  3. #59add5
  4. #6db7da
  5. #82c1df
  6. #97cce5
  7. #acd6ea
  8. #c1e0ef
  9. #d5eaf4
  10. #eaf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f98ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f98ca
  2. #3796c3
  3. #3f93bb
  4. #4791b4
  5. #4f8eac
  6. #588ca5
  7. #608a9e
  8. #688796
  9. #70858f
  10. #788287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7492aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f97cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b88c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6897cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #598fca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f98ca {
  color: #2f98ca;
}
Background
.bg-2f98ca {
  background-color: #2f98ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2f98ca {
  border: 2px solid #2f98ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f98ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 152 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 62% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f98ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f98ca, #2f4bca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f98ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 152 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.53 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.52 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.94 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.04 #d06735 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2f98ca  rgb(47, 152, 202)  hsl(199, 62%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#ca612f  rgb(202, 97, 47)  hsl(19, 62%, 49%)  Flame
#ca2f98  rgb(202, 47, 152)  hsl(319, 62%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#98ca2f  rgb(152, 202, 47)  hsl(79, 62%, 49%)  Yellow Green