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#4697C2

#4697c2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4697c2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 59.22% green and 76.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.92% cyan, 22.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 200.81°, with 50.41% saturation and 51.76% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.18.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2733

Complementary

  1. #4697c2
  2. #c27146

Split complementary

  1. #4697c2
  2. #c24659
  3. #c2af46

Analogous

  1. #46c2af
  2. #4697c2
  3. #4659c2

Triadic

  1. #4697c2
  2. #c24697
  3. #97c246

Tetradic

  1. #4697c2
  2. #7146c2
  3. #c27146
  4. #97c246

Square

  1. #4697c2
  2. #af46c2
  3. #c27146
  4. #59c246

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4053
  2. #2e6c8d
  3. #4697c2
  4. #80b7d5
  5. #b9d8e8

Shades

#4697c2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4697c2
  2. #3f88af
  3. #38799b
  4. #316a88
  5. #2a5b74
  6. #234c61
  7. #1c3c4e
  8. #152d3a
  9. #0e1e27
  10. #070f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4697c2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4697c2
  2. #59a1c8
  3. #6bacce
  4. #7eb6d4
  5. #90c1da
  6. #a3cbe1
  7. #b5d5e7
  8. #c8e0ed
  9. #daeaf3
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4697c2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4697c2
  2. #4c95bb
  3. #5292b5
  4. #5790ae
  5. #5d8ea8
  6. #638ca1
  7. #69899a
  8. #6f8794
  9. #74858d
  10. #7a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7892a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8296c4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7189c1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f96c3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #638fc2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4697c2 {
  color: #4697c2;
}
Background
.bg-4697c2 {
  background-color: #4697c2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4697c2 {
  border: 2px solid #4697c2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4697c2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 151 194;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 50% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4697c2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4697c2, #4659c2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4697c2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 151 194 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.18 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.91 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.40 #b9683d Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4697c2  rgb(70, 151, 194)  hsl(201, 50%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#c27146  rgb(194, 113, 70)  hsl(21, 50%, 52%)  Chocolate
#c24697  rgb(194, 70, 151)  hsl(321, 50%, 52%)  Mulberry
#97c246  rgb(151, 194, 70)  hsl(81, 50%, 52%)  Yellow Green