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#2FA5EE

#2fa5ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa5ee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.25% cyan, 30.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 202.93°, with 84.89% saturation and 55.88% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.3369

Complementary

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #ee782f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #ee2f45
  3. #eed72f

Analogous

  1. #2feed7
  2. #2fa5ee
  3. #2f45ee

Triadic

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #ee2fa5
  3. #a5ee2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #782fee
  3. #ee782f
  4. #a5ee2f

Square

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #d72fee
  3. #ee782f
  4. #45ee2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4f7a
  2. #107dc1
  3. #2fa5ee
  4. #76c4f4
  5. #bce2fa

Shades

#2fa5ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #2a95d6
  3. #2684be
  4. #2174a7
  5. #1c638f
  6. #185377
  7. #13425f
  8. #0e3247
  9. #092130
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa5ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #44aef0
  3. #59b7f1
  4. #6dc0f3
  5. #82c9f5
  6. #97d2f7
  7. #acdbf8
  8. #c1e4fa
  9. #d5edfc
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa5ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa5ee
  2. #37a1e3
  3. #3f9ed8
  4. #479acd
  5. #4f96c2
  6. #5893b7
  7. #608fac
  8. #688ba1
  9. #708796
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa0c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a7f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6895ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba6f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579ced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa5ee {
  color: #2fa5ee;
}
Background
.bg-2fa5ee {
  background-color: #2fa5ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa5ee {
  border: 2px solid #2fa5ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa5ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 165 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa5ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa5ee, #2f45ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa5ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 165 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.79 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.55 #d05a11 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa5ee  rgb(47, 165, 238)  hsl(203, 85%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ee782f  rgb(238, 120, 47)  hsl(23, 85%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ee2fa5  rgb(238, 47, 165)  hsl(323, 85%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a5ee2f  rgb(165, 238, 47)  hsl(83, 85%, 56%)  Spring Bud