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#2FA0D4

#2fa0d4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa0d4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 62.75% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.83% cyan, 24.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 198.91°, with 65.74% saturation and 50.78% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.77.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.305

Complementary

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #d4632f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #d42f4d
  3. #d4b52f

Analogous

  1. #2fd4b5
  2. #2fa0d4
  3. #2f4dd4

Triadic

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #d42fa0
  3. #a0d42f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #632fd4
  3. #d4632f
  4. #a0d42f

Square

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #b52fd4
  3. #d4632f
  4. #4dd42f

Monochromatic

  1. #124258
  2. #1f7197
  3. #2fa0d4
  4. #6ebde1
  5. #aedaee

Shades

#2fa0d4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #2a90bf
  3. #2680aa
  4. #217094
  5. #1c607f
  6. #18506a
  7. #134055
  8. #0e3040
  9. #09202a
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa0d4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #44aad8
  3. #59b3dd
  4. #6dbde1
  5. #82c6e5
  6. #97d0ea
  7. #acd9ee
  8. #c1e3f2
  9. #d5ecf6
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa0d4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa0d4
  2. #379dcc
  3. #3f9ac3
  4. #4796bb
  5. #4f93b2
  6. #5890aa
  7. #608da2
  8. #688a99
  9. #708691
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9ab2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #869fd6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708fd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9fd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d96d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa0d4 {
  color: #2fa0d4;
}
Background
.bg-2fa0d4 {
  background-color: #2fa0d4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa0d4 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa0d4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa0d4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 160 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 66% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa0d4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa0d4, #2f4dd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa0d4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 160 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.97 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.98 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.92 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.26 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.22 #d05f2b Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa0d4  rgb(47, 160, 212)  hsl(199, 66%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#d4632f  rgb(212, 99, 47)  hsl(19, 66%, 51%)  Flame
#d42fa0  rgb(212, 47, 160)  hsl(319, 66%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a0d42f  rgb(160, 212, 47)  hsl(79, 66%, 51%)  Yellow Green