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#46A3CE

#46a3ce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46a3ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 63.92% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.02% cyan, 20.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 198.97°, with 58.12% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3195

Complementary

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #ce7146

Split complementary

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #ce465f
  3. #ceb546

Analogous

  1. #46ceb5
  2. #46a3ce
  3. #465fce

Triadic

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #ce46a3
  3. #a3ce46

Tetradic

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #7146ce
  3. #ce7146
  4. #a3ce46

Square

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #b546ce
  3. #ce7146
  4. #5fce46

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4b61
  2. #2a799e
  3. #46a3ce
  4. #82c1de
  5. #bfdfee

Shades

#46a3ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #3f93b9
  3. #3882a5
  4. #317290
  5. #2a627c
  6. #235267
  7. #1c4152
  8. #15313e
  9. #0e2129
  10. #071015
  11. #000000

Tints

#46a3ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #59acd3
  3. #6bb5d8
  4. #7ebfdd
  5. #90c8e2
  6. #a3d1e7
  7. #b5daeb
  8. #c8e3f0
  9. #daedf5
  10. #edf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46a3ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46a3ce
  2. #4ca0c6
  3. #529cbe
  4. #5799b7
  5. #5d95af
  6. #6392a7
  7. #698e9f
  8. #6f8b97
  9. #748790
  10. #7a8488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809db1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da1d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b93cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a2cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a9ace ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aabd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46a3ce {
  color: #46a3ce;
}
Background
.bg-46a3ce {
  background-color: #46a3ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46a3ce {
  border: 2px solid #46a3ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46a3ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 163 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 58% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46a3ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46a3ce, #465fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46a3ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 163 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.00 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.21 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.58 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.32 #b95c31 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#46a3ce  rgb(70, 163, 206)  hsl(199, 58%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ce7146  rgb(206, 113, 70)  hsl(19, 58%, 54%)  Burnt Sienna
#ce46a3  rgb(206, 70, 163)  hsl(319, 58%, 54%)  Mulberry
#a3ce46  rgb(163, 206, 70)  hsl(79, 58%, 54%)  Yellow Green