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#2FACEA

#2facea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2facea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.91% cyan, 26.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.89°, with 81.66% saturation and 55.1% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.85.

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Relative luminance0.3605

Complementary

  1. #2facea
  2. #ea6d2f

Split complementary

  1. #2facea
  2. #ea2f4f
  3. #eaca2f

Analogous

  1. #2feaca
  2. #2facea
  3. #2f4fea

Triadic

  1. #2facea
  2. #ea2fac
  3. #acea2f

Tetradic

  1. #2facea
  2. #6d2fea
  3. #ea6d2f
  4. #acea2f

Square

  1. #2facea
  2. #ca2fea
  3. #ea6d2f
  4. #4fea2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5274
  2. #1382ba
  3. #2facea
  4. #74c8f1
  5. #bae3f8

Shades

#2facea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2facea
  2. #2a9bd3
  3. #268abb
  4. #2178a4
  5. #1c678c
  6. #185675
  7. #13455e
  8. #0e3446
  9. #09222f
  10. #051117
  11. #000000

Tints

#2facea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2facea
  2. #44b4ec
  3. #59bdee
  4. #6dc5f0
  5. #82cdf2
  6. #97d6f5
  7. #acdef7
  8. #c1e6f9
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2facea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2facea
  2. #37a8df
  3. #3fa3d5
  4. #479fca
  5. #4f9ac0
  6. #5896b5
  7. #6092aa
  8. #688da0
  9. #708995
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eabed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74acec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2facea {
  color: #2facea;
}
Background
.bg-2facea {
  background-color: #2facea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2facea {
  border: 2px solid #2facea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2facea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 172 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2facea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2facea, #2f4fea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2facea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 172 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.55 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.67 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.67 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.26 #d05315 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2facea  rgb(47, 172, 234)  hsl(200, 82%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ea6d2f  rgb(234, 109, 47)  hsl(20, 82%, 55%)  Persimmon
#ea2fac  rgb(234, 47, 172)  hsl(320, 82%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#acea2f  rgb(172, 234, 47)  hsl(80, 82%, 55%)  Inchworm