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#2FAADA

#2faada ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2faada is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 66.67% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.44% cyan, 22.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 196.84°, with 69.8% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.69.

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Relative luminance0.3442

Complementary

  1. #2faada
  2. #da5f2f

Split complementary

  1. #2faada
  2. #da2f55
  3. #dab42f

Analogous

  1. #2fdab4
  2. #2faada
  3. #2f55da

Triadic

  1. #2faada
  2. #da2faa
  3. #aada2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faada
  2. #5f2fda
  3. #da5f2f
  4. #aada2f

Square

  1. #2faada
  2. #b42fda
  3. #da5f2f
  4. #55da2f

Monochromatic

  1. #11495f
  2. #1c7ba0
  3. #2faada
  4. #70c5e6
  5. #b1dff1

Shades

#2faada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faada
  2. #2a99c4
  3. #2688ae
  4. #217799
  5. #1c6683
  6. #18556d
  7. #134457
  8. #0e3341
  9. #09222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faada
  2. #44b3de
  3. #59bbe1
  4. #6dc4e5
  5. #82cce9
  6. #97d5ed
  7. #acddf0
  8. #c1e6f4
  9. #d5eef8
  10. #eaf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faada
  2. #37a6d1
  3. #3fa2c8
  4. #479dbf
  5. #4f99b6
  6. #5895ad
  7. #6091a4
  8. #688d9b
  9. #708892
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a7dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b97d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a8db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #659fda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faada {
  color: #2faada;
}
Background
.bg-2faada {
  background-color: #2faada;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faada {
  border: 2px solid #2faada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 170 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faada, #2f55da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 170 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.69 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.40 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.56 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.34 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.37 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.52 #d05525 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2faada  rgb(47, 170, 218)  hsl(197, 70%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#da5f2f  rgb(218, 95, 47)  hsl(17, 70%, 52%)  Flame
#da2faa  rgb(218, 47, 170)  hsl(317, 70%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#aada2f  rgb(170, 218, 47)  hsl(77, 70%, 52%)  Yellow Green