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#2FA0DC

#2fa0dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa0dc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.64% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 200.81°, with 71.19% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3091

Complementary

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #dc6b2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #dc2f49
  3. #dcc12f

Analogous

  1. #2fdcc1
  2. #2fa0dc
  3. #2f49dc

Triadic

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #dc2fa0
  3. #a0dc2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #6b2fdc
  3. #dc6b2f
  4. #a0dc2f

Square

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #c12fdc
  3. #dc6b2f
  4. #49dc2f

Monochromatic

  1. #104562
  2. #1b74a3
  3. #2fa0dc
  4. #70bee7
  5. #b2dcf2

Shades

#2fa0dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #2a90c6
  3. #2680b0
  4. #21709a
  5. #1c6084
  6. #18506e
  7. #134058
  8. #0e3042
  9. #09202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa0dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #44aae0
  3. #59b3e3
  4. #6dbde7
  5. #82c6ea
  6. #97d0ee
  7. #acd9f1
  8. #c1e3f5
  9. #d5ecf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa0dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa0dc
  2. #379dd3
  3. #3f9aca
  4. #4796c0
  5. #4f93b7
  6. #5890ae
  7. #608da5
  8. #688a9c
  9. #708692
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a0df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c90db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba0de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a97db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa0dc {
  color: #2fa0dc;
}
Background
.bg-2fa0dc {
  background-color: #2fa0dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa0dc {
  border: 2px solid #2fa0dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa0dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 160 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa0dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa0dc, #2f49dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa0dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 160 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.46 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.82 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.91 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.95 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.00 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.42 #d05f23 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa0dc  rgb(47, 160, 220)  hsl(201, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dc6b2f  rgb(220, 107, 47)  hsl(21, 71%, 52%)  Chocolate
#dc2fa0  rgb(220, 47, 160)  hsl(321, 71%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a0dc2f  rgb(160, 220, 47)  hsl(81, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green