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#2FA4E8

#2fa4e8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa4e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.74% cyan, 29.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 202.05°, with 80.09% saturation and 54.71% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.35.

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Relative luminance0.3298

Complementary

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #e8732f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #e82f48
  3. #e8cf2f

Analogous

  1. #2fe8cf
  2. #2fa4e8
  3. #2f48e8

Triadic

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #e82fa4
  3. #a4e82f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #732fe8
  3. #e8732f
  4. #a4e82f

Square

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #cf2fe8
  3. #e8732f
  4. #48e82f

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4c71
  2. #147bb6
  3. #2fa4e8
  4. #74c2f0
  5. #b9e0f7

Shades

#2fa4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #2a94d1
  3. #2683ba
  4. #2173a2
  5. #1c628b
  6. #185274
  7. #13425d
  8. #0e3146
  9. #09212e
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #44adea
  3. #59b6ed
  4. #6dbfef
  5. #82c8f1
  6. #97d2f4
  7. #acdbf6
  8. #c1e4f8
  9. #d5edfa
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4e8
  2. #37a0de
  3. #3f9dd3
  4. #4799c9
  5. #4f96be
  6. #5892b4
  7. #608eaa
  8. #688b9f
  9. #708795
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a5eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b94e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca4ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599be7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4e8 {
  color: #2fa4e8;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4e8 {
  background-color: #2fa4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 80% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4e8, #2f48e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.29 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.98 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.59 #d05b17 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4e8  rgb(47, 164, 232)  hsl(202, 80%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#e8732f  rgb(232, 115, 47)  hsl(22, 80%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#e82fa4  rgb(232, 47, 164)  hsl(322, 80%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a4e82f  rgb(164, 232, 47)  hsl(82, 80%, 55%)  Inchworm