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#46ABF0

#46abf0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46abf0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 67.06% green and 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.83% cyan, 28.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 204.35°, with 85% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.25.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3672

Complementary

  1. #46abf0
  2. #f08b46

Split complementary

  1. #46abf0
  2. #f04656
  3. #f0e046

Analogous

  1. #46f0e0
  2. #46abf0
  3. #4656f0

Triadic

  1. #46abf0
  2. #f046ab
  3. #abf046

Tetradic

  1. #46abf0
  2. #8b46f0
  3. #f08b46
  4. #abf046

Square

  1. #46abf0
  2. #e046f0
  3. #f08b46
  4. #56f046

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5b91
  2. #1287d8
  3. #46abf0
  4. #8dcbf6
  5. #d4ebfb

Shades

#46abf0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46abf0
  2. #3f9ad8
  3. #3889c0
  4. #3178a8
  5. #2a6790
  6. #235678
  7. #1c4460
  8. #153348
  9. #0e2230
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#46abf0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46abf0
  2. #59b3f2
  3. #6bbcf3
  4. #7ec4f5
  5. #90cdf6
  6. #a3d5f8
  7. #b5ddf9
  8. #c8e6fb
  9. #daeefc
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46abf0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46abf0
  2. #4ca7e5
  3. #52a2da
  4. #579ece
  5. #5d9ac3
  6. #6396b8
  7. #6991ad
  8. #6f8da2
  9. #748996
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a6c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bacf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #749cef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76acf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65a2ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46abf0 {
  color: #46abf0;
}
Background
.bg-46abf0 {
  background-color: #46abf0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46abf0 {
  border: 2px solid #46abf0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46abf0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 171 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 85% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46abf0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46abf0, #4656f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46abf0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 171 240 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.78 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.96 #b9540f Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#46abf0  rgb(70, 171, 240)  hsl(204, 85%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#f08b46  rgb(240, 139, 70)  hsl(24, 85%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#f046ab  rgb(240, 70, 171)  hsl(324, 85%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#abf046  rgb(171, 240, 70)  hsl(84, 85%, 61%)  Inchworm