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#2F9DEC

#2f9dec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2f9dec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 61.57% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.08% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 205.08°, with 83.26% saturation and 55.49% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.84.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3077

Complementary

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #ec7e2f

Split complementary

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #ec2f3e
  3. #ecdd2f

Analogous

  1. #2fecdd
  2. #2f9dec
  3. #2f3eec

Triadic

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #ec2f9d
  3. #9dec2f

Tetradic

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #7e2fec
  3. #ec7e2f
  4. #9dec2f

Square

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #dd2fec
  3. #ec7e2f
  4. #3eec2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4a77
  2. #1175bd
  3. #2f9dec
  4. #75bef2
  5. #bbdff9

Shades

#2f9dec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #2a8dd4
  3. #267ebd
  4. #216ea5
  5. #1c5e8e
  6. #184f76
  7. #133f5e
  8. #0e2f47
  9. #091f2f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f9dec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #44a7ee
  3. #59b1f0
  4. #6dbaf2
  5. #82c4f4
  6. #97cef6
  7. #acd8f7
  8. #c1e2f9
  9. #d5ebfb
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f9dec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f9dec
  2. #379ae1
  3. #3f97d6
  4. #4794cc
  5. #4f91c1
  6. #588fb6
  7. #608cab
  8. #6889a0
  9. #708696
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a99bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a0ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d8feb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639fee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e95eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f9dec {
  color: #2f9dec;
}
Background
.bg-2f9dec {
  background-color: #2f9dec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2f9dec {
  border: 2px solid #2f9dec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f9dec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 157 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f9dec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f9dec, #2f3eec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f9dec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 157 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.84 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.52 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.07 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.26 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.24 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.14 #d06213 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2f9dec  rgb(47, 157, 236)  hsl(205, 83%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ec7e2f  rgb(236, 126, 47)  hsl(25, 83%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec2f9d  rgb(236, 47, 157)  hsl(325, 83%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9dec2f  rgb(157, 236, 47)  hsl(85, 83%, 55%)  Inchworm