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#2FA0EF

#2fa0ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2fa0ef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 62.75% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.33% cyan, 33.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 204.69°, with 85.71% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.79.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3198

Complementary

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #ef7e2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #ef2f40
  3. #efde2f

Analogous

  1. #2fefde
  2. #2fa0ef
  3. #2f40ef

Triadic

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #ef2fa0
  3. #a0ef2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #7e2fef
  3. #ef7e2f
  4. #a0ef2f

Square

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #de2fef
  3. #ef7e2f
  4. #40ef2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4d7c
  2. #0f79c3
  3. #2fa0ef
  4. #76c0f4
  5. #bde1fa

Shades

#2fa0ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #2a90d7
  3. #2680bf
  4. #2170a7
  5. #1c608f
  6. #185078
  7. #134060
  8. #0e3048
  9. #092030
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa0ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #44aaf1
  3. #59b3f2
  4. #6dbdf4
  5. #82c6f5
  6. #97d0f7
  7. #acd9f9
  8. #c1e3fa
  9. #d5ecfc
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa0ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa0ef
  2. #379de4
  3. #3f9ad9
  4. #4796ce
  5. #4f93c3
  6. #5890b8
  7. #608dac
  8. #688aa1
  9. #708696
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9cc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba3f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6092ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a2f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5098ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa0ef {
  color: #2fa0ef;
}
Background
.bg-2fa0ef {
  background-color: #2fa0ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa0ef {
  border: 2px solid #2fa0ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa0ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 160 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 86% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa0ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa0ef, #2f40ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa0ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 160 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.30 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.99 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.91 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.06 #d05f10 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa0ef  rgb(47, 160, 239)  hsl(205, 86%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ef7e2f  rgb(239, 126, 47)  hsl(25, 86%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ef2fa0  rgb(239, 47, 160)  hsl(325, 86%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a0ef2f  rgb(160, 239, 47)  hsl(85, 86%, 56%)  Spring Bud