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#2FA9D4

#2fa9d4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2fa9d4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 66.27% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.83% cyan, 20.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 195.64°, with 65.74% saturation and 50.78% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.45.

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Relative luminance0.3373

Complementary

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #d45a2f

Split complementary

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #d42f56
  3. #d4ad2f

Analogous

  1. #2fd4ad
  2. #2fa9d4
  3. #2f56d4

Triadic

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #d42fa9
  3. #a9d42f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #5a2fd4
  3. #d45a2f
  4. #a9d42f

Square

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #ad2fd4
  3. #d45a2f
  4. #56d42f

Monochromatic

  1. #124658
  2. #1f7897
  3. #2fa9d4
  4. #6ec3e1
  5. #aeddee

Shades

#2fa9d4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #2a98bf
  3. #2687aa
  4. #217694
  5. #1c657f
  6. #18556a
  7. #134455
  8. #0e3340
  9. #09222a
  10. #051115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa9d4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #44b2d8
  3. #59badd
  4. #6dc3e1
  5. #82cbe5
  6. #97d4ea
  7. #acddee
  8. #c1e5f2
  9. #d5eef6
  10. #eaf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa9d4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa9d4
  2. #37a5cc
  3. #3fa1c3
  4. #479dbb
  5. #4f99b2
  6. #5895aa
  7. #6090a2
  8. #688c99
  9. #708891
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa2b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a6d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c96d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a7d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #669ed4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa9d4 {
  color: #2fa9d4;
}
Background
.bg-2fa9d4 {
  background-color: #2fa9d4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa9d4 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa9d4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa9d4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 169 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 66% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa9d4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa9d4, #2f56d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa9d4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 169 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.45 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.54 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.34 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.39 #d0562b Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2fa9d4  rgb(47, 169, 212)  hsl(196, 66%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#d45a2f  rgb(212, 90, 47)  hsl(16, 66%, 51%)  Flame
#d42fa9  rgb(212, 47, 169)  hsl(316, 66%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a9d42f  rgb(169, 212, 47)  hsl(76, 66%, 51%)  Yellow Green