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#2FAADE

#2faade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2faade 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.83% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 197.83°, with 72.61% saturation and 52.75% 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 7.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.12.

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Relative luminance0.3463

Complementary

  1. #2faade
  2. #de632f

Split complementary

  1. #2faade
  2. #de2f53
  3. #debb2f

Analogous

  1. #2fdebb
  2. #2faade
  3. #2f53de

Triadic

  1. #2faade
  2. #de2faa
  3. #aade2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faade
  2. #632fde
  3. #de632f
  4. #aade2f

Square

  1. #2faade
  2. #bb2fde
  3. #de632f
  4. #53de2f

Monochromatic

  1. #104b64
  2. #1a7da6
  3. #2faade
  4. #71c5e8
  5. #b3e0f3

Shades

#2faade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faade
  2. #2a99c8
  3. #2688b2
  4. #21779b
  5. #1c6685
  6. #18556f
  7. #134459
  8. #0e3343
  9. #09222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faade
  2. #44b3e1
  3. #59bbe5
  4. #6dc4e8
  5. #82cceb
  6. #97d5ef
  7. #acddf2
  8. #c1e6f5
  9. #d5eef8
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faade
  2. #37a6d5
  3. #3fa2cb
  4. #479dc2
  5. #4f99b8
  6. #5895af
  7. #6091a6
  8. #688d9c
  9. #708893
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a8e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7998dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639fde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faade {
  color: #2faade;
}
Background
.bg-2faade {
  background-color: #2faade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faade {
  border: 2px solid #2faade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 73% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faade, #2f53de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.12 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.85 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.05 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.33 #d05521 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2faade  rgb(47, 170, 222)  hsl(198, 73%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#de632f  rgb(222, 99, 47)  hsl(18, 73%, 53%)  Flame
#de2faa  rgb(222, 47, 170)  hsl(318, 73%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#aade2f  rgb(170, 222, 47)  hsl(78, 73%, 53%)  Yellow Green