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#2FA3DD

#2fa3dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa3dd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.73% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 71.9% saturation and 52.55% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.3202

Complementary

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #dd692f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #dd2f4c
  3. #ddc02f

Analogous

  1. #2fddc0
  2. #2fa3dd
  3. #2f4cdd

Triadic

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #dd2fa3
  3. #a3dd2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #692fdd
  3. #dd692f
  4. #a3dd2f

Square

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #c02fdd
  3. #dd692f
  4. #4cdd2f

Monochromatic

  1. #104763
  2. #1b77a5
  3. #2fa3dd
  4. #71c0e8
  5. #b3ddf2

Shades

#2fa3dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #2a93c7
  3. #2682b1
  4. #21729b
  5. #1c6285
  6. #18526f
  7. #134158
  8. #0e3142
  9. #09212c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa3dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #44ace0
  3. #59b5e4
  4. #6dbfe7
  5. #82c8eb
  6. #97d1ee
  7. #acdaf1
  8. #c1e3f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa3dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa3dd
  2. #37a0d4
  3. #3f9cca
  4. #4799c1
  5. #4f95b8
  6. #5892af
  7. #608ea5
  8. #688b9c
  9. #708793
  10. #788489
  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 #7d9db8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a2e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7092dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea3df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c99dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa3dd {
  color: #2fa3dd;
}
Background
.bg-2fa3dd {
  background-color: #2fa3dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa3dd {
  border: 2px solid #2fa3dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa3dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 163 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 72% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa3dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa3dd, #2f4cdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa3dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 163 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.46 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.01 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.43 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.93 #d05c22 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa3dd  rgb(47, 163, 221)  hsl(200, 72%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#dd692f  rgb(221, 105, 47)  hsl(20, 72%, 53%)  Flame
#dd2fa3  rgb(221, 47, 163)  hsl(320, 72%, 53%)  Mulberry
#a3dd2f  rgb(163, 221, 47)  hsl(80, 72%, 53%)  Yellow Green