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#2FA4F3

#2fa4f3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2fa4f3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 64.31% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.66% cyan, 32.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 204.18°, with 89.09% saturation and 56.86% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.05.

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Relative luminance0.3363

Complementary

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #f37e2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #f32f42
  3. #f3e02f

Analogous

  1. #2ff3e0
  2. #2fa4f3
  3. #2f42f3

Triadic

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #f32fa4
  3. #a4f32f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #7e2ff3
  3. #f37e2f
  4. #a4f32f

Square

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #e02ff3
  3. #f37e2f
  4. #42f32f

Monochromatic

  1. #075082
  2. #0c7dca
  3. #2fa4f3
  4. #77c4f7
  5. #c0e3fb

Shades

#2fa4f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #2a94db
  3. #2683c2
  4. #2173aa
  5. #1c6292
  6. #18527a
  7. #134261
  8. #0e3149
  9. #092131
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa4f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #44adf4
  3. #59b6f5
  4. #6dbff7
  5. #82c8f8
  6. #97d2f9
  7. #acdbfa
  8. #c1e4fb
  9. #d5edfd
  10. #eaf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa4f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa4f3
  2. #37a0e8
  3. #3f9ddc
  4. #4799d1
  5. #4f96c5
  6. #5892ba
  7. #608eae
  8. #688ba3
  9. #708797
  10. #78848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa0c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa7f6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6395f2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a6f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #539bf2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa4f3 {
  color: #2fa4f3;
}
Background
.bg-2fa4f3 {
  background-color: #2fa4f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa4f3 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa4f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa4f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 164 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 89% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa4f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa4f3, #2f42f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa4f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 164 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.21 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.39 #d05b0c Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa4f3  rgb(47, 164, 243)  hsl(204, 89%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#f37e2f  rgb(243, 126, 47)  hsl(24, 89%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#f32fa4  rgb(243, 47, 164)  hsl(324, 89%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#a4f32f  rgb(164, 243, 47)  hsl(84, 89%, 57%)  Spring Bud