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#2FACE1

#2face1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2face1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 67.45% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.11% cyan, 23.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 197.87°, with 74.79% saturation and 53.33% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.42.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3555

Complementary

  1. #2face1
  2. #e1642f

Split complementary

  1. #2face1
  2. #e12f53
  3. #e1bd2f

Analogous

  1. #2fe1bd
  2. #2face1
  3. #2f53e1

Triadic

  1. #2face1
  2. #e12fac
  3. #ace12f

Tetradic

  1. #2face1
  2. #642fe1
  3. #e1642f
  4. #ace12f

Square

  1. #2face1
  2. #bd2fe1
  3. #e1642f
  4. #53e12f

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4d68
  2. #197fab
  3. #2face1
  4. #72c7eb
  5. #b5e1f4

Shades

#2face1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2face1
  2. #2a9bcb
  3. #268ab4
  4. #21789e
  5. #1c6787
  6. #185671
  7. #13455a
  8. #0e3444
  9. #09222d
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2face1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2face1
  2. #44b4e4
  3. #59bde7
  4. #6dc5ea
  5. #82cded
  6. #97d6f0
  7. #acdef3
  8. #c1e6f6
  9. #d5eef9
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2face1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2face1
  2. #37a8d7
  3. #3fa3ce
  4. #479fc4
  5. #4f9aba
  6. #5896b1
  7. #6092a7
  8. #688d9d
  9. #708993
  10. #78848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a5be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aae4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9ae0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76abe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a1e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2face1 {
  color: #2face1;
}
Background
.bg-2face1 {
  background-color: #2face1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2face1 {
  border: 2px solid #2face1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2face1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 172 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 75% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2face1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2face1, #2f53e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2face1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 172 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.42 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.23 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.36 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.60 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.83 #d0531e Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2face1  rgb(47, 172, 225)  hsl(198, 75%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e1642f  rgb(225, 100, 47)  hsl(18, 75%, 53%)  Flame
#e12fac  rgb(225, 47, 172)  hsl(318, 75%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#ace12f  rgb(172, 225, 47)  hsl(78, 75%, 53%)  Inchworm