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#2FA0EA

#2fa0ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa0ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.74°, with 81.66% saturation and 55.1% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.39.

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Relative luminance0.3169

Complementary

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #ea792f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #ea2f43
  3. #ead62f

Analogous

  1. #2fead6
  2. #2fa0ea
  3. #2f43ea

Triadic

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #ea2fa0
  3. #a0ea2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #792fea
  3. #ea792f
  4. #a0ea2f

Square

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #d62fea
  3. #ea792f
  4. #43ea2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4b74
  2. #1378ba
  3. #2fa0ea
  4. #74c0f1
  5. #badff8

Shades

#2fa0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #2a90d3
  3. #2680bb
  4. #2170a4
  5. #1c608c
  6. #185075
  7. #13405e
  8. #0e3046
  9. #09202f
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #44aaec
  3. #59b3ee
  4. #6dbdf0
  5. #82c6f2
  6. #97d0f5
  7. #acd9f7
  8. #c1e3f9
  9. #d5ecfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa0ea
  2. #379ddf
  3. #3f9ad5
  4. #4796ca
  5. #4f93c0
  6. #5890b5
  7. #608daa
  8. #688aa0
  9. #708695
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9cbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da2ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6391e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #67a1ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5397e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa0ea {
  color: #2fa0ea;
}
Background
.bg-2fa0ea {
  background-color: #2fa0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa0ea {
  border: 2px solid #2fa0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa0ea, #2f43ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.19 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.34 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.22 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.03 #d05f15 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa0ea  rgb(47, 160, 234)  hsl(204, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea792f  rgb(234, 121, 47)  hsl(24, 82%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ea2fa0  rgb(234, 47, 160)  hsl(324, 82%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a0ea2f  rgb(160, 234, 47)  hsl(84, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm