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#40AFFE

#40affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.8% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 204.95°, with 98.96% saturation and 62.35% 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 8.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3891

Complementary

  1. #40affe
  2. #fe8f40

Split complementary

  1. #40affe
  2. #fe4050
  3. #feee40

Analogous

  1. #40feee
  2. #40affe
  3. #4050fe

Triadic

  1. #40affe
  2. #fe40af
  3. #affe40

Tetradic

  1. #40affe
  2. #8f40fe
  3. #fe8f40
  4. #affe40

Square

  1. #40affe
  2. #ee40fe
  3. #fe8f40
  4. #50fe40

Monochromatic

  1. #0160a4
  2. #018df0
  3. #40affe
  4. #8ccffe
  5. #d8efff

Shades

#40affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40affe
  2. #3a9ee5
  3. #338ccb
  4. #2d7bb2
  5. #266998
  6. #20587f
  7. #1a4666
  8. #13354c
  9. #0d2333
  10. #061219
  11. #000000

Tints

#40affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40affe
  2. #53b7fe
  3. #66bffe
  4. #79c7fe
  5. #8ccffe
  6. #a0d7ff
  7. #b3dfff
  8. #c6e7ff
  9. #d9efff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40affe
  2. #46aaf1
  3. #4da6e5
  4. #53a1d8
  5. #5a9ccc
  6. #6098bf
  7. #6693b2
  8. #6d8ea6
  9. #738999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aabd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #70a0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40affe {
  color: #40affe;
}
Background
.bg-40affe {
  background-color: #40affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40affe {
  border: 2px solid #40affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 99% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40affe, #4050fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.36 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.90 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.70 #bf5001 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#40affe  rgb(64, 175, 254)  hsl(205, 99%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fe8f40  rgb(254, 143, 64)  hsl(25, 99%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe40af  rgb(254, 64, 175)  hsl(325, 99%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe40  rgb(175, 254, 64)  hsl(85, 99%, 62%)  Green Yellow