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#2faafa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2faafa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 66.67% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.2% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 203.65°, with 95.31% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.02.

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Relative luminance0.3626

Complementary

  1. #2faafa
  2. #fa7f2f

Split complementary

  1. #2faafa
  2. #fa2f45
  3. #fae52f

Analogous

  1. #2ffae5
  2. #2faafa
  3. #2f45fa

Triadic

  1. #2faafa
  2. #fa2faa
  3. #aafa2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faafa
  2. #7f2ffa
  3. #fa7f2f
  4. #aafa2f

Square

  1. #2faafa
  2. #e52ffa
  3. #fa7f2f
  4. #45fa2f

Monochromatic

  1. #03578d
  2. #0585d7
  3. #2faafa
  4. #7ac9fc
  5. #c4e7fe

Shades

#2faafa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faafa
  2. #2a99e1
  3. #2688c8
  4. #2177af
  5. #1c6696
  6. #18557d
  7. #134464
  8. #0e334b
  9. #092232
  10. #051119
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faafa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faafa
  2. #44b3fb
  3. #59bbfb
  4. #6dc4fc
  5. #82ccfc
  6. #97d5fd
  7. #acddfd
  8. #c1e6fe
  9. #d5eefe
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faafa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faafa
  2. #37a6ee
  3. #3fa2e2
  4. #479dd5
  5. #4f99c9
  6. #5895bd
  7. #6091b1
  8. #688da5
  9. #708898
  10. #78848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a5cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84acfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #689af9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6cabfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #57a1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faafa {
  color: #2faafa;
}
Background
.bg-2faafa {
  background-color: #2faafa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faafa {
  border: 2px solid #2faafa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faafa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 170 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faafa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faafa, #2f45fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faafa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 170 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.95 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.95 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.25 #d05505 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2faafa  rgb(47, 170, 250)  hsl(204, 95%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#fa7f2f  rgb(250, 127, 47)  hsl(24, 95%, 58%)  Pumpkin
#fa2faa  rgb(250, 47, 170)  hsl(324, 95%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#aafa2f  rgb(170, 250, 47)  hsl(84, 95%, 58%)  Green Yellow