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#2FA6DB

#2fa6db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa6db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 65.1% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.54% cyan, 24.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 198.49°, with 70.49% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.26.

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Relative luminance0.3299

Complementary

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #db642f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #db2f50
  3. #dbba2f

Analogous

  1. #2fdbba
  2. #2fa6db
  3. #2f50db

Triadic

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #db2fa6
  3. #a6db2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #642fdb
  3. #db642f
  4. #a6db2f

Square

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #ba2fdb
  3. #db642f
  4. #50db2f

Monochromatic

  1. #114860
  2. #1c78a2
  3. #2fa6db
  4. #70c2e6
  5. #b1def2

Shades

#2fa6db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #2a95c5
  3. #2685af
  4. #217499
  5. #1c6483
  6. #18536e
  7. #134258
  8. #0e3242
  9. #09212c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa6db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #44afdf
  3. #59b8e2
  4. #6dc1e6
  5. #82cae9
  6. #97d3ed
  7. #acdbf1
  8. #c1e4f4
  9. #d5edf8
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa6db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa6db
  2. #37a2d2
  3. #3f9ec9
  4. #479bc0
  5. #4f97b7
  6. #5893ae
  7. #608fa4
  8. #688b9b
  9. #708892
  10. #788489
  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 #7ea0b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca4dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7594da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a5dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609cdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa6db {
  color: #2fa6db;
}
Background
.bg-2fa6db {
  background-color: #2fa6db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa6db {
  border: 2px solid #2fa6db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa6db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 166 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa6db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa6db, #2f50db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa6db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 166 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.12 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.60 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.77 #d05924 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa6db  rgb(47, 166, 219)  hsl(198, 70%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#db642f  rgb(219, 100, 47)  hsl(18, 70%, 52%)  Flame
#db2fa6  rgb(219, 47, 166)  hsl(318, 70%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#a6db2f  rgb(166, 219, 47)  hsl(78, 70%, 52%)  Yellow Green