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#4698DE

#4698de ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4698de is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 59.61% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.47% cyan, 31.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 207.63°, with 69.72% saturation and 57.25% 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 6.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.2903

Complementary

  1. #4698de
  2. #de8c46

Split complementary

  1. #4698de
  2. #de464c
  3. #ded846

Analogous

  1. #46ded8
  2. #4698de
  3. #464cde

Triadic

  1. #4698de
  2. #de4698
  3. #98de46

Tetradic

  1. #4698de
  2. #8c46de
  3. #de8c46
  4. #98de46

Square

  1. #4698de
  2. #d846de
  3. #de8c46
  4. #4cde46

Monochromatic

  1. #154976
  2. #2172b7
  3. #4698de
  4. #87bcea
  5. #c8e0f5

Shades

#4698de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4698de
  2. #3f89c8
  3. #387ab2
  4. #316a9b
  5. #2a5b85
  6. #234c6f
  7. #1c3d59
  8. #152e43
  9. #0e1e2c
  10. #070f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4698de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4698de
  2. #59a2e1
  3. #6bade5
  4. #7eb7e8
  5. #90c1eb
  6. #a3ccef
  7. #b5d6f2
  8. #c8e0f5
  9. #daeaf8
  10. #edf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4698de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4698de
  2. #4c96d5
  3. #5293cb
  4. #5791c2
  5. #5d8eb8
  6. #638caf
  7. #698aa6
  8. #6f879c
  9. #748593
  10. #7a8289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b95b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #799be1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648cdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689ae0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5991dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4698de {
  color: #4698de;
}
Background
.bg-4698de {
  background-color: #4698de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4698de {
  border: 2px solid #4698de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4698de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 152 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 70% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4698de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4698de, #464cde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4698de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 152 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.00 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.27 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.23 #b96721 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4698de  rgb(70, 152, 222)  hsl(208, 70%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#de8c46  rgb(222, 140, 70)  hsl(28, 70%, 57%)  Persian Orange
#de4698  rgb(222, 70, 152)  hsl(328, 70%, 57%)  Mulberry
#98de46  rgb(152, 222, 70)  hsl(88, 70%, 57%)  Inchworm