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#2FACED

#2faced ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2faced 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.17% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 200.53°, with 84.07% saturation and 55.69% 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3622

Complementary

  1. #2faced
  2. #ed702f

Split complementary

  1. #2faced
  2. #ed2f4d
  3. #edcf2f

Analogous

  1. #2fedcf
  2. #2faced
  3. #2f4ded

Triadic

  1. #2faced
  2. #ed2fac
  3. #aced2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faced
  2. #702fed
  3. #ed702f
  4. #aced2f

Square

  1. #2faced
  2. #cf2fed
  3. #ed702f
  4. #4ded2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0a5379
  2. #1183bf
  3. #2faced
  4. #75c8f3
  5. #bce4f9

Shades

#2faced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faced
  2. #2a9bd5
  3. #268abe
  4. #2178a6
  5. #1c678e
  6. #185677
  7. #13455f
  8. #0e3447
  9. #09222f
  10. #051118
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faced
  2. #44b4ef
  3. #59bdf1
  4. #6dc5f2
  5. #82cdf4
  6. #97d6f6
  7. #acdef8
  8. #c1e6fa
  9. #d5eefb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faced
  2. #37a8e2
  3. #3fa3d7
  4. #479fcc
  5. #4f9ac1
  6. #5896b7
  7. #6092ac
  8. #688da1
  9. #708996
  10. #78848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8dacf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #739bec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73acef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa2ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faced {
  color: #2faced;
}
Background
.bg-2faced {
  background-color: #2faced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faced {
  border: 2px solid #2faced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 172 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 84% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faced, #2f4ded);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 172 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.82 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.05 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.68 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.06 #d05312 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#2faced  rgb(47, 172, 237)  hsl(201, 84%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ed702f  rgb(237, 112, 47)  hsl(21, 84%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ed2fac  rgb(237, 47, 172)  hsl(321, 84%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#aced2f  rgb(172, 237, 47)  hsl(81, 84%, 56%)  Spring Bud