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#2FA0DB

#2fa0db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa0db 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.54% cyan, 26.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 200.58°, with 70.49% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.3086

Complementary

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #db6a2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #db2f4a
  3. #dbc02f

Analogous

  1. #2fdbc0
  2. #2fa0db
  3. #2f4adb

Triadic

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #db2fa0
  3. #a0db2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #6a2fdb
  3. #db6a2f
  4. #a0db2f

Square

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #c02fdb
  3. #db6a2f
  4. #4adb2f

Monochromatic

  1. #114560
  2. #1c74a2
  3. #2fa0db
  4. #70bee6
  5. #b1dcf2

Shades

#2fa0db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #2a90c5
  3. #2680af
  4. #217099
  5. #1c6083
  6. #18506e
  7. #134058
  8. #0e3042
  9. #09202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa0db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #44aadf
  3. #59b3e2
  4. #6dbde6
  5. #82c6e9
  6. #97d0ed
  7. #acd9f1
  8. #c1e3f4
  9. #d5ecf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa0db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa0db
  2. #379dd2
  3. #3f9ac9
  4. #4796c0
  5. #4f93b7
  6. #5890ae
  7. #608da4
  8. #688a9b
  9. #708692
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a0de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d90da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca0dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a97da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa0db {
  color: #2fa0db;
}
Background
.bg-2fa0db {
  background-color: #2fa0db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa0db {
  border: 2px solid #2fa0db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa0db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 160 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa0db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa0db, #2f4adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa0db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 160 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.50 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.97 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.98 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.09 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.19 #d05f24 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa0db  rgb(47, 160, 219)  hsl(201, 70%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db6a2f  rgb(219, 106, 47)  hsl(21, 70%, 52%)  Chocolate
#db2fa0  rgb(219, 47, 160)  hsl(321, 70%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a0db2f  rgb(160, 219, 47)  hsl(81, 70%, 52%)  Yellow Green