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#4697C9

#4697c9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4697c9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 59.22% green and 78.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.17% cyan, 24.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 202.9°, with 54.81% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.53:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.22.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2765

Complementary

  1. #4697c9
  2. #c97846

Split complementary

  1. #4697c9
  2. #c94656
  3. #c9ba46

Analogous

  1. #46c9ba
  2. #4697c9
  3. #4656c9

Triadic

  1. #4697c9
  2. #c94697
  3. #97c946

Tetradic

  1. #4697c9
  2. #7846c9
  3. #c97846
  4. #97c946

Square

  1. #4697c9
  2. #ba46c9
  3. #c97846
  4. #56c946

Monochromatic

  1. #1b435b
  2. #2c6e97
  3. #4697c9
  4. #81b8da
  5. #bcdaec

Shades

#4697c9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4697c9
  2. #3f88b5
  3. #3879a1
  4. #316a8d
  5. #2a5b79
  6. #234c65
  7. #1c3c50
  8. #152d3c
  9. #0e1e28
  10. #070f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4697c9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4697c9
  2. #59a1ce
  3. #6bacd4
  4. #7eb6d9
  5. #90c1df
  6. #a3cbe4
  7. #b5d5e9
  8. #c8e0ef
  9. #daeaf4
  10. #edf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4697c9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4697c9
  2. #4c95c2
  3. #5292ba
  4. #5790b3
  5. #5d8eac
  6. #638ca5
  7. #69899d
  8. #6f8796
  9. #74858f
  10. #7a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7993aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8097cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8ac8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d97ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #608fc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009fb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4697c9 {
  color: #4697c9;
}
Background
.bg-4697c9 {
  background-color: #4697c9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4697c9 {
  border: 2px solid #4697c9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4697c9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 151 201;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 55% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4697c9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4697c9, #4656c9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4697c9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 151 201 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.22 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.47 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.36 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.57 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.80 #b96836 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4697c9  rgb(70, 151, 201)  hsl(203, 55%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#c97846  rgb(201, 120, 70)  hsl(23, 55%, 53%)  Raw Sienna
#c94697  rgb(201, 70, 151)  hsl(323, 55%, 53%)  Mulberry
#97c946  rgb(151, 201, 70)  hsl(83, 55%, 53%)  Yellow Green