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#2FA2ED

#2fa2ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa2ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.17% cyan, 31.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 203.68°, with 84.07% saturation and 55.69% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.3256

Complementary

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #ed7a2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #ed2f43
  3. #edd92f

Analogous

  1. #2fedd9
  2. #2fa2ed
  3. #2f43ed

Triadic

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #ed2fa2
  3. #a2ed2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #7a2fed
  3. #ed7a2f
  4. #a2ed2f

Square

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #d92fed
  3. #ed7a2f
  4. #43ed2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4d79
  2. #117abf
  3. #2fa2ed
  4. #75c1f3
  5. #bce1f9

Shades

#2fa2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #2a92d5
  3. #2682be
  4. #2171a6
  5. #1c618e
  6. #185177
  7. #13415f
  8. #0e3147
  9. #09202f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #44abef
  3. #59b5f1
  4. #6dbef2
  5. #82c7f4
  6. #97d1f6
  7. #acdaf8
  8. #c1e3fa
  9. #d5ecfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa2ed
  2. #379fe2
  3. #3f9bd7
  4. #4798cc
  5. #4f94c1
  6. #5891b7
  7. #608eac
  8. #688aa1
  9. #708796
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9ec1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa4f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6493ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a3ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5499ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa2ed {
  color: #2fa2ed;
}
Background
.bg-2fa2ed {
  background-color: #2fa2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa2ed {
  border: 2px solid #2fa2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 162 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 84% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa2ed, #2f43ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 162 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.69 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.54 #d05d12 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa2ed  rgb(47, 162, 237)  hsl(204, 84%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7a2f  rgb(237, 122, 47)  hsl(24, 84%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ed2fa2  rgb(237, 47, 162)  hsl(324, 84%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a2ed2f  rgb(162, 237, 47)  hsl(84, 84%, 56%)  Spring Bud