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#2FA4E1

#2fa4e1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa4e1 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 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.11% cyan, 27.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 200.56°, with 74.79% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.3259

Complementary

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #e16c2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #e12f4b
  3. #e1c52f

Analogous

  1. #2fe1c5
  2. #2fa4e1
  3. #2f4be1

Triadic

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #e12fa4
  3. #a4e12f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #6c2fe1
  3. #e16c2f
  4. #a4e12f

Square

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #c52fe1
  3. #e16c2f
  4. #4be12f

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4968
  2. #1979ab
  3. #2fa4e1
  4. #72c1eb
  5. #b5def4

Shades

#2fa4e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #2a94cb
  3. #2683b4
  4. #21739e
  5. #1c6287
  6. #185271
  7. #13425a
  8. #0e3144
  9. #09212d
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #44ade4
  3. #59b6e7
  4. #6dbfea
  5. #82c8ed
  6. #97d2f0
  7. #acdbf3
  8. #c1e4f6
  9. #d5edf9
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4e1
  2. #37a0d7
  3. #3f9dce
  4. #4799c4
  5. #4f96ba
  6. #5892b1
  7. #608ea7
  8. #688b9d
  9. #708793
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ebb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a4e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f93e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea4e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9ae0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aeca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4e1 {
  color: #2fa4e1;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4e1 {
  background-color: #2fa4e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4e1 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 75% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4e1, #2f4be1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.32 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.77 #d05b1e Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4e1  rgb(47, 164, 225)  hsl(201, 75%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e16c2f  rgb(225, 108, 47)  hsl(21, 75%, 53%)  Chocolate
#e12fa4  rgb(225, 47, 164)  hsl(321, 75%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#a4e12f  rgb(164, 225, 47)  hsl(81, 75%, 53%)  Inchworm