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#2FA2DA

#2fa2da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa2da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 63.53% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.44% cyan, 25.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 199.65°, with 69.8% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.41.

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Relative luminance0.3151

Complementary

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #da672f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #da2f4c
  3. #dabd2f

Analogous

  1. #2fdabd
  2. #2fa2da
  3. #2f4cda

Triadic

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #da2fa2
  3. #a2da2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #672fda
  3. #da672f
  4. #a2da2f

Square

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #bd2fda
  3. #da672f
  4. #4cda2f

Monochromatic

  1. #11455f
  2. #1c75a0
  3. #2fa2da
  4. #70bfe6
  5. #b1dcf1

Shades

#2fa2da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #2a92c4
  3. #2682ae
  4. #217199
  5. #1c6183
  6. #18516d
  7. #134157
  8. #0e3141
  9. #09202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa2da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #44abde
  3. #59b5e1
  4. #6dbee5
  5. #82c7e9
  6. #97d1ed
  7. #acdaf0
  8. #c1e3f4
  9. #d5ecf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa2da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa2da
  2. #379fd1
  3. #3f9bc8
  4. #4798bf
  5. #4f94b6
  6. #5891ad
  7. #608ea4
  8. #688a9b
  9. #708792
  10. #788389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9cb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7091d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea1dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d98d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa2da {
  color: #2fa2da;
}
Background
.bg-2fa2da {
  background-color: #2fa2da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa2da {
  border: 2px solid #2fa2da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa2da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 162 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa2da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa2da, #2f4cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa2da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 162 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.26 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.28 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.69 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.98 #d05d25 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa2da  rgb(47, 162, 218)  hsl(200, 70%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#da672f  rgb(218, 103, 47)  hsl(20, 70%, 52%)  Flame
#da2fa2  rgb(218, 47, 162)  hsl(320, 70%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a2da2f  rgb(162, 218, 47)  hsl(80, 70%, 52%)  Yellow Green