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#2FAAFF

#2faaff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2faaff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.57% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.52°, with 100% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.37.

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Relative luminance0.3657

Complementary

  1. #2faaff
  2. #ff842f

Split complementary

  1. #2faaff
  2. #ff2f42
  3. #ffec2f

Analogous

  1. #2fffec
  2. #2faaff
  3. #2f42ff

Triadic

  1. #2faaff
  2. #ff2faa
  3. #aaff2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faaff
  2. #842fff
  3. #ff842f
  4. #aaff2f

Square

  1. #2faaff
  2. #ec2fff
  3. #ff842f
  4. #42ff2f

Monochromatic

  1. #005895
  2. #0085e2
  3. #2faaff
  4. #7cc9ff
  5. #c8e9ff

Shades

#2faaff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faaff
  2. #2a99e6
  3. #2688cc
  4. #2177b3
  5. #1c6699
  6. #185580
  7. #134466
  8. #0e334d
  9. #092233
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faaff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faaff
  2. #44b3ff
  3. #59bbff
  4. #6dc4ff
  5. #82ccff
  6. #97d5ff
  7. #acddff
  8. #c1e6ff
  9. #d5eeff
  10. #eaf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faaff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faaff
  2. #37a6f2
  3. #3fa2e6
  4. #479dd9
  5. #4f99cc
  6. #5895c0
  7. #6091b3
  8. #688da6
  9. #708899
  10. #78848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a6ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #649bfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aacff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #54a1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faaff {
  color: #2faaff;
}
Background
.bg-2faaff {
  background-color: #2faaff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faaff {
  border: 2px solid #2faaff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faaff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 170 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 100% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faaff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faaff, #2f42ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faaff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 170 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.78 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.97 #d05500 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2faaff  rgb(47, 170, 255)  hsl(205, 100%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ff842f  rgb(255, 132, 47)  hsl(25, 100%, 59%)  Pumpkin
#ff2faa  rgb(255, 47, 170)  hsl(325, 100%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aaff2f  rgb(170, 255, 47)  hsl(85, 100%, 59%)  Green Yellow