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#2F9CC9

#2f9cc9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2f9cc9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 61.18% green and 78.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.62% cyan, 22.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 197.53°, with 62.1% saturation and 48.63% 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 6.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.06.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.286

Complementary

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #c95c2f

Split complementary

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #c92f4f
  3. #c9a92f

Analogous

  1. #2fc9a9
  2. #2f9cc9
  3. #2f4fc9

Triadic

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #c92f9c
  3. #9cc92f

Tetradic

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #5c2fc9
  3. #c95c2f
  4. #9cc92f

Square

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #a92fc9
  3. #c95c2f
  4. #4fc92f

Monochromatic

  1. #123c4d
  2. #216c8b
  3. #2f9cc9
  4. #69badc
  5. #a7d7ea

Shades

#2f9cc9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #2a8cb5
  3. #267da1
  4. #216d8d
  5. #1c5e79
  6. #184e65
  7. #133e50
  8. #0e2f3c
  9. #091f28
  10. #051014
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f9cc9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #44a6ce
  3. #59b0d4
  4. #6dbad9
  5. #82c4df
  6. #97cee4
  7. #acd7e9
  8. #c1e1ef
  9. #d5ebf4
  10. #eaf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f9cc9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f9cc9
  2. #3799c2
  3. #3f96ba
  4. #4794b3
  5. #4f91ac
  6. #588ea5
  7. #608b9d
  8. #688896
  9. #70868f
  10. #788387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7796ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859acb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708bc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9bca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d92c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f9cc9 {
  color: #2f9cc9;
}
Background
.bg-2f9cc9 {
  background-color: #2f9cc9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2f9cc9 {
  border: 2px solid #2f9cc9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f9cc9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 156 201;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 62% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f9cc9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f9cc9, #2f4fc9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f9cc9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 156 201 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.11 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.47 #d06336 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2f9cc9  rgb(47, 156, 201)  hsl(198, 62%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#c95c2f  rgb(201, 92, 47)  hsl(18, 62%, 49%)  Flame
#c92f9c  rgb(201, 47, 156)  hsl(318, 62%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cc92f  rgb(156, 201, 47)  hsl(78, 62%, 49%)  Yellow Green