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#2FA3D0

#2fa3d0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa3d0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 63.92% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.4% cyan, 21.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 196.77°, with 63.14% saturation and 50% 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 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.27.

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Relative luminance0.3135

Complementary

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #d05c2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #d02f52
  3. #d0ad2f

Analogous

  1. #2fd0ad
  2. #2fa3d0
  3. #2f52d0

Triadic

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #d02fa3
  3. #a3d02f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #5c2fd0
  3. #d05c2f
  4. #a3d02f

Square

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #ad2fd0
  3. #d05c2f
  4. #52d02f

Monochromatic

  1. #134153
  2. #217292
  3. #2fa3d0
  4. #6dbfde
  5. #acdaec

Shades

#2fa3d0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #2a93bb
  3. #2682a6
  4. #217292
  5. #1c627d
  6. #185268
  7. #134153
  8. #0e313e
  9. #09212a
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa3d0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #44acd5
  3. #59b5d9
  4. #6dbfde
  5. #82c8e3
  6. #97d1e8
  7. #acdaec
  8. #c1e3f1
  9. #d5edf6
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa3d0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa3d0
  2. #37a0c8
  3. #3f9cc0
  4. #4799b8
  5. #4f95b0
  6. #5892a8
  7. #608ea0
  8. #688b98
  9. #708790
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9cb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca0d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7691cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a1d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6199d0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa3d0 {
  color: #2fa3d0;
}
Background
.bg-2fa3d0 {
  background-color: #2fa3d0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa3d0 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa3d0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa3d0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 163 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 63% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa3d0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa3d0, #2f52d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa3d0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 163 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.27 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.41 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.53 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.15 #d05c2f Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa3d0  rgb(47, 163, 208)  hsl(197, 63%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#d05c2f  rgb(208, 92, 47)  hsl(17, 63%, 50%)  Flame
#d02fa3  rgb(208, 47, 163)  hsl(317, 63%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3d02f  rgb(163, 208, 47)  hsl(77, 63%, 50%)  Yellow Green