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#2FA4DC

#2fa4dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa4dc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.64% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 199.42°, with 71.19% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.3232

Complementary

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #dc672f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #dc2f4d
  3. #dcbd2f

Analogous

  1. #2fdcbd
  2. #2fa4dc
  3. #2f4ddc

Triadic

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #dc2fa4
  3. #a4dc2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #672fdc
  3. #dc672f
  4. #a4dc2f

Square

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #bd2fdc
  3. #dc672f
  4. #4ddc2f

Monochromatic

  1. #104762
  2. #1b77a3
  3. #2fa4dc
  4. #70c1e7
  5. #b2ddf2

Shades

#2fa4dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #2a94c6
  3. #2683b0
  4. #21739a
  5. #1c6284
  6. #18526e
  7. #134258
  8. #0e3142
  9. #09212c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #44ade0
  3. #59b6e3
  4. #6dbfe7
  5. #82c8ea
  6. #97d2ee
  7. #acdbf1
  8. #c1e4f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4dc
  2. #37a0d3
  3. #3f9dca
  4. #4799c0
  5. #4f96b7
  6. #5892ae
  7. #608ea5
  8. #688b9c
  9. #708792
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9eb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a3df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7293db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa3de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9adb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4dc {
  color: #2fa4dc;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4dc {
  background-color: #2fa4dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4dc {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4dc, #2f4ddc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.58 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.67 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.93 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.73 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.42 #d05b23 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4dc  rgb(47, 164, 220)  hsl(199, 71%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#dc672f  rgb(220, 103, 47)  hsl(19, 71%, 52%)  Flame
#dc2fa4  rgb(220, 47, 164)  hsl(319, 71%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a4dc2f  rgb(164, 220, 47)  hsl(79, 71%, 52%)  Yellow Green