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#4697C3

#4697c3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4697c3 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 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.1% cyan, 22.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 201.12°, with 51.02% saturation and 51.96% 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 6.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2738

Complementary

  1. #4697c3
  2. #c37246

Split complementary

  1. #4697c3
  2. #c34658
  3. #c3b046

Analogous

  1. #46c3b0
  2. #4697c3
  3. #4658c3

Triadic

  1. #4697c3
  2. #c34697
  3. #97c346

Tetradic

  1. #4697c3
  2. #7246c3
  3. #c37246
  4. #97c346

Square

  1. #4697c3
  2. #b046c3
  3. #c37246
  4. #58c346

Monochromatic

  1. #1b4055
  2. #2e6c8e
  3. #4697c3
  4. #80b7d6
  5. #bad8e8

Shades

#4697c3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4697c3
  2. #3f88b0
  3. #38799c
  4. #316a89
  5. #2a5b75
  6. #234c62
  7. #1c3c4e
  8. #152d3b
  9. #0e1e27
  10. #070f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4697c3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4697c3
  2. #59a1c9
  3. #6baccf
  4. #7eb6d5
  5. #90c1db
  6. #a3cbe1
  7. #b5d5e7
  8. #c8e0ed
  9. #daeaf3
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4697c3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4697c3
  2. #4c95bc
  3. #5292b6
  4. #5790af
  5. #5d8ea8
  6. #638ca2
  7. #69899b
  8. #6f8794
  9. #74858d
  10. #7a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7892a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8296c5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7189c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f96c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #628fc3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009eb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4697c3 {
  color: #4697c3;
}
Background
.bg-4697c3 {
  background-color: #4697c3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4697c3 {
  border: 2px solid #4697c3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4697c3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 151 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 51% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4697c3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4697c3, #4658c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4697c3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 151 195 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.99 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.96 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.98 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.12 #b9683c Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4697c3  rgb(70, 151, 195)  hsl(201, 51%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#c37246  rgb(195, 114, 70)  hsl(21, 51%, 52%)  Chocolate
#c34697  rgb(195, 70, 151)  hsl(321, 51%, 52%)  Mulberry
#97c346  rgb(151, 195, 70)  hsl(81, 51%, 52%)  Yellow Green