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#2FA8EA

#2fa8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 201.18°, 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.96.

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Relative luminance0.3455

Complementary

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #ea712f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #ea2f4a
  3. #eacf2f

Analogous

  1. #2feacf
  2. #2fa8ea
  3. #2f4aea

Triadic

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #ea2fa8
  3. #a8ea2f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #712fea
  3. #ea712f
  4. #a8ea2f

Square

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #cf2fea
  3. #ea712f
  4. #4aea2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4f74
  2. #137fba
  3. #2fa8ea
  4. #74c5f1
  5. #bae2f8

Shades

#2fa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #2a97d3
  3. #2686bb
  4. #2176a4
  5. #1c658c
  6. #185475
  7. #13435e
  8. #0e3246
  9. #09222f
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #44b1ec
  3. #59b9ee
  4. #6dc2f0
  5. #82cbf2
  6. #97d4f5
  7. #acdcf7
  8. #c1e5f9
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa8ea
  2. #37a4df
  3. #3fa0d5
  4. #479cca
  5. #4f98c0
  6. #5894b5
  7. #6090aa
  8. #688ca0
  9. #708895
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f97e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c9ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa8ea {
  color: #2fa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-2fa8ea {
  background-color: #2fa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #2fa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa8ea, #2f4aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.31 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.94 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.23 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.19 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.32 #d05715 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa8ea  rgb(47, 168, 234)  hsl(201, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea712f  rgb(234, 113, 47)  hsl(21, 82%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#ea2fa8  rgb(234, 47, 168)  hsl(321, 82%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#a8ea2f  rgb(168, 234, 47)  hsl(81, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm