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#2FA3ED

#2fa3ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa3ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.17% cyan, 31.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 203.37°, 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.57.

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Relative luminance0.3291

Complementary

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #ed792f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #ed2f44
  3. #edd82f

Analogous

  1. #2fedd8
  2. #2fa3ed
  3. #2f44ed

Triadic

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #ed2fa3
  3. #a3ed2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #792fed
  3. #ed792f
  4. #a3ed2f

Square

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #d82fed
  3. #ed792f
  4. #44ed2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4e79
  2. #117bbf
  3. #2fa3ed
  4. #75c2f3
  5. #bce1f9

Shades

#2fa3ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #2a93d5
  3. #2682be
  4. #2172a6
  5. #1c628e
  6. #185277
  7. #13415f
  8. #0e3147
  9. #09212f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa3ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #44acef
  3. #59b5f1
  4. #6dbff2
  5. #82c8f4
  6. #97d1f6
  7. #acdaf8
  8. #c1e3fa
  9. #d5edfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa3ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa3ed
  2. #37a0e2
  3. #3f9cd7
  4. #4799cc
  5. #4f95c1
  6. #5892b7
  7. #608eac
  8. #688ba1
  9. #708796
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ec1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6694ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a4ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #559aec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa3ed {
  color: #2fa3ed;
}
Background
.bg-2fa3ed {
  background-color: #2fa3ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa3ed {
  border: 2px solid #2fa3ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa3ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 163 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 84% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa3ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa3ed, #2f44ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa3ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 163 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.61 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.20 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.15 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.29 #d05c12 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa3ed  rgb(47, 163, 237)  hsl(203, 84%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ed792f  rgb(237, 121, 47)  hsl(23, 84%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ed2fa3  rgb(237, 47, 163)  hsl(323, 84%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a3ed2f  rgb(163, 237, 47)  hsl(83, 84%, 56%)  Spring Bud