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#2FA4D8

#2fa4d8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa4d8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 64.31% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.24% cyan, 24.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 198.46°, with 68.42% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.11.

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Relative luminance0.3211

Complementary

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #d8632f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #d82f50
  3. #d8b72f

Analogous

  1. #2fd8b7
  2. #2fa4d8
  3. #2f50d8

Triadic

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #d82fa4
  3. #a4d82f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #632fd8
  3. #d8632f
  4. #a4d82f

Square

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #b72fd8
  3. #d8632f
  4. #50d82f

Monochromatic

  1. #11455d
  2. #1d769d
  3. #2fa4d8
  4. #6fc0e4
  5. #b0dcf0

Shades

#2fa4d8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #2a94c2
  3. #2683ad
  4. #217397
  5. #1c6282
  6. #18526c
  7. #134256
  8. #0e3141
  9. #09212b
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4d8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #44addc
  3. #59b6e0
  4. #6dbfe4
  5. #82c8e8
  6. #97d2ec
  7. #acdbef
  8. #c1e4f3
  9. #d5edf7
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4d8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4d8
  2. #37a0cf
  3. #3f9dc6
  4. #4799be
  5. #4f96b5
  6. #5892ac
  7. #608ea3
  8. #688b9a
  9. #708792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9eb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa2da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7493d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a3d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9ad8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4d8 {
  color: #2fa4d8;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4d8 {
  background-color: #2fa4d8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4d8 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4d8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4d8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 68% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4d8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4d8, #2f50d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4d8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 216 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.60 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.73 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.09 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.24 #d05b27 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4d8  rgb(47, 164, 216)  hsl(198, 68%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#d8632f  rgb(216, 99, 47)  hsl(18, 68%, 52%)  Flame
#d82fa4  rgb(216, 47, 164)  hsl(318, 68%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a4d82f  rgb(164, 216, 47)  hsl(78, 68%, 52%)  Yellow Green