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#2FA7EA

#2fa7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa7ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 201.5°, with 81.66% saturation and 55.1% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.79.

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Relative luminance0.3418

Complementary

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #ea722f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #ea2f49
  3. #ead02f

Analogous

  1. #2fead0
  2. #2fa7ea
  3. #2f49ea

Triadic

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #ea2fa7
  3. #a7ea2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #722fea
  3. #ea722f
  4. #a7ea2f

Square

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #d02fea
  3. #ea722f
  4. #49ea2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4f74
  2. #137eba
  3. #2fa7ea
  4. #74c4f1
  5. #bae2f8

Shades

#2fa7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #2a96d3
  3. #2686bb
  4. #2175a4
  5. #1c648c
  6. #185475
  7. #13435e
  8. #0e3246
  9. #09212f
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #44b0ec
  3. #59b9ee
  4. #6dc1f0
  5. #82caf2
  6. #97d3f5
  7. #acdcf7
  8. #c1e5f9
  9. #d5edfb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa7ea
  2. #37a3df
  3. #3f9fd5
  4. #479bca
  5. #4f97c0
  6. #5894b5
  7. #6090aa
  8. #688ca0
  9. #708895
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a7ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea7ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b9de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa7ea {
  color: #2fa7ea;
}
Background
.bg-2fa7ea {
  background-color: #2fa7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa7ea {
  border: 2px solid #2fa7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa7ea, #2f49ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.43 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.34 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.49 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.94 #d05815 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa7ea  rgb(47, 167, 234)  hsl(202, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea722f  rgb(234, 114, 47)  hsl(22, 82%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ea2fa7  rgb(234, 47, 167)  hsl(322, 82%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#a7ea2f  rgb(167, 234, 47)  hsl(82, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm