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#04ADFF

#04adff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#04adff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 67.84% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.43% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 199.6°, with 100% saturation and 50.78% 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 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.99.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3713

Complementary

  1. #04adff
  2. #ff5604

Split complementary

  1. #04adff
  2. #ff042f
  3. #ffd304

Analogous

  1. #04ffd3
  2. #04adff
  3. #042fff

Triadic

  1. #04adff
  2. #ff04ad
  3. #adff04

Tetradic

  1. #04adff
  2. #5604ff
  3. #ff5604
  4. #adff04

Square

  1. #04adff
  2. #d304ff
  3. #ff5604
  4. #2fff04

Monochromatic

  1. #00476a
  2. #007bb6
  3. #04adff
  4. #50c6ff
  5. #9ddfff

Shades

#04adff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #04adff
  2. #049ce6
  3. #038acc
  4. #0379b3
  5. #026899
  6. #025780
  7. #024566
  8. #01344d
  9. #012333
  10. #00111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#04adff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #04adff
  2. #1db5ff
  3. #36bdff
  4. #4fc6ff
  5. #68ceff
  6. #82d6ff
  7. #9bdeff
  8. #b4e6ff
  9. #cdefff
  10. #e6f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#04adff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #04adff
  2. #10a9f2
  3. #1da4e6
  4. #29a0d9
  5. #369bcc
  6. #4297c0
  7. #4e92b3
  8. #5b8ea6
  9. #678999
  10. #74858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #669bfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69aeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #50a3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-04adff {
  color: #04adff;
}
Background
.bg-04adff {
  background-color: #04adff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-04adff {
  border: 2px solid #04adff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #04adff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 173 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-04adff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04adff, #042fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-04adff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 173 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.99 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.56 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.13 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.14 #fb5200 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#04adff  rgb(4, 173, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ff5604  rgb(255, 86, 4)  hsl(20, 100%, 51%)  International Orange
#ff04ad  rgb(255, 4, 173)  hsl(320, 100%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#adff04  rgb(173, 255, 4)  hsl(80, 100%, 51%)  Spring Bud