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#2FA5DD

#2fa5dd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa5dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 64.71% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.73% cyan, 25.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 199.31°, with 71.9% saturation and 52.55% 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 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.3274

Complementary

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #dd672f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #dd2f4e
  3. #ddbe2f

Analogous

  1. #2fddbe
  2. #2fa5dd
  3. #2f4edd

Triadic

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #dd2fa5
  3. #a5dd2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #672fdd
  3. #dd672f
  4. #a5dd2f

Square

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #be2fdd
  3. #dd672f
  4. #4edd2f

Monochromatic

  1. #104863
  2. #1b78a5
  3. #2fa5dd
  4. #71c1e8
  5. #b3def2

Shades

#2fa5dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #2a95c7
  3. #2684b1
  4. #21749b
  5. #1c6385
  6. #18536f
  7. #134258
  8. #0e3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa5dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #44aee0
  3. #59b7e4
  4. #6dc0e7
  5. #82c9eb
  6. #97d2ee
  7. #acdbf1
  8. #c1e4f5
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa5dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa5dd
  2. #37a1d4
  3. #3f9eca
  4. #479ac1
  5. #4f96b8
  6. #5893af
  7. #608fa5
  8. #688b9c
  9. #708793
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa4e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7294dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a4df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9bdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aec8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa5dd {
  color: #2fa5dd;
}
Background
.bg-2fa5dd {
  background-color: #2fa5dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa5dd {
  border: 2px solid #2fa5dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa5dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 165 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 72% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa5dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa5dd, #2f4edd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa5dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 165 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.59 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.37 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.03 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.06 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.50 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.66 #d05a22 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa5dd  rgb(47, 165, 221)  hsl(199, 72%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#dd672f  rgb(221, 103, 47)  hsl(19, 72%, 53%)  Flame
#dd2fa5  rgb(221, 47, 165)  hsl(319, 72%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#a5dd2f  rgb(165, 221, 47)  hsl(79, 72%, 53%)  Yellow Green