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#46A4FA

#46a4fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46a4fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 208.67°, with 94.74% saturation and 62.75% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.83.

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Relative luminance0.3476

Complementary

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #fa9c46

Split complementary

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #fa464a
  3. #faf646

Analogous

  1. #46faf6
  2. #46a4fa
  3. #464afa

Triadic

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #fa46a4
  3. #a4fa46

Tetradic

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #9c46fa
  3. #fa9c46
  4. #a4fa46

Square

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #f646fa
  3. #fa9c46
  4. #4afa46

Monochromatic

  1. #0457a3
  2. #067fed
  3. #46a4fa
  4. #91c9fc
  5. #dbedfe

Shades

#46a4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #3f94e1
  3. #3883c8
  4. #3173af
  5. #2a6296
  6. #23527d
  7. #1c4264
  8. #15314b
  9. #0e2132
  10. #071019
  11. #000000

Tints

#46a4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #59adfb
  3. #6bb6fb
  4. #7ebffc
  5. #90c8fc
  6. #a3d2fd
  7. #b5dbfd
  8. #c8e4fe
  9. #daedfe
  10. #edf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46a4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46a4fa
  2. #4ca0ee
  3. #529de2
  4. #5799d5
  5. #5d96c9
  6. #6392bd
  7. #698eb1
  8. #6f8ba5
  9. #748798
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a1ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6398f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #599df9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46a4fa {
  color: #46a4fa;
}
Background
.bg-46a4fa {
  background-color: #46a4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46a4fa {
  border: 2px solid #46a4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46a4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 95% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46a4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46a4fa, #464afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46a4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.16 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.12 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.38 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.82 #b95b05 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#46a4fa  rgb(70, 164, 250)  hsl(209, 95%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#fa9c46  rgb(250, 156, 70)  hsl(29, 95%, 63%)  Neon Carrot
#fa46a4  rgb(250, 70, 164)  hsl(329, 95%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#a4fa46  rgb(164, 250, 70)  hsl(89, 95%, 63%)  Green Yellow