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#2FA4E6

#2fa4e6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa4e6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.57% cyan, 28.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 201.64°, with 78.54% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.3287

Complementary

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #e6712f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #e62f48
  3. #e6cc2f

Analogous

  1. #2fe6cc
  2. #2fa4e6
  3. #2f48e6

Triadic

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #e62fa4
  3. #a4e62f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #712fe6
  3. #e6712f
  4. #a4e62f

Square

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #cc2fe6
  3. #e6712f
  4. #48e62f

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4c6f
  2. #167ab3
  3. #2fa4e6
  4. #73c2ee
  5. #b8e0f6

Shades

#2fa4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #2a94cf
  3. #2683b8
  4. #2173a1
  5. #1c628a
  6. #185273
  7. #13425c
  8. #0e3145
  9. #09212e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #44ade9
  3. #59b6eb
  4. #6dbfee
  5. #82c8f0
  6. #97d2f3
  7. #acdbf5
  8. #c1e4f8
  9. #d5edfa
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4e6
  2. #37a0dc
  3. #3f9dd2
  4. #4799c7
  5. #4f96bd
  6. #5892b3
  7. #608ea9
  8. #688b9f
  9. #708794
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a4e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c94e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca4e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a9be5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4e6 {
  color: #2fa4e6;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4e6 {
  background-color: #2fa4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 79% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4e6, #2f48e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.18 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.87 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.35 #d05b19 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4e6  rgb(47, 164, 230)  hsl(202, 79%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#e6712f  rgb(230, 113, 47)  hsl(22, 79%, 54%)  Chocolate
#e62fa4  rgb(230, 47, 164)  hsl(322, 79%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#a4e62f  rgb(164, 230, 47)  hsl(82, 79%, 54%)  Inchworm