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#04A2FC

#04a2fc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#04a2fc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 63.53% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.41% cyan, 35.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 201.77°, with 97.64% saturation and 50.2% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.92.

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Relative luminance0.3289

Complementary

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #fc5e04

Split complementary

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #fc0426
  3. #fcda04

Analogous

  1. #04fcda
  2. #04a2fc
  3. #0426fc

Triadic

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #fc04a2
  3. #a2fc04

Tetradic

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #5e04fc
  3. #fc5e04
  4. #a2fc04

Square

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #da04fc
  3. #fc5e04
  4. #26fc04

Monochromatic

  1. #014166
  2. #0272b1
  3. #04a2fc
  4. #50befd
  5. #9bdafe

Shades

#04a2fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #0492e3
  3. #0382ca
  4. #0371b0
  5. #026197
  6. #02517e
  7. #024165
  8. #01314c
  9. #012032
  10. #001019
  11. #000000

Tints

#04a2fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #1dabfc
  3. #36b5fd
  4. #4fbefd
  5. #68c7fd
  6. #82d1fe
  7. #9bdafe
  8. #b4e3fe
  9. #cdecfe
  10. #e6f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#04a2fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #04a2fc
  2. #109ff0
  3. #1d9be3
  4. #2998d7
  5. #3694ca
  6. #4291be
  7. #4e8eb2
  8. #5b8aa5
  9. #678799
  10. #74838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9ec9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5492fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da4fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4299fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-04a2fc {
  color: #04a2fc;
}
Background
.bg-04a2fc {
  background-color: #04a2fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-04a2fc {
  border: 2px solid #04a2fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #04a2fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 162 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 98% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-04a2fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04a2fc, #0426fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-04a2fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 162 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.92 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.81 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.86 #fb5d03 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#04a2fc  rgb(4, 162, 252)  hsl(202, 98%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#fc5e04  rgb(252, 94, 4)  hsl(22, 98%, 50%)  International Orange
#fc04a2  rgb(252, 4, 162)  hsl(322, 98%, 50%)  Persian Rose
#a2fc04  rgb(162, 252, 4)  hsl(82, 98%, 50%)  Spring Bud