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#46ACED

#46aced ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46aced is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 67.45% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.46% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 203.35°, with 82.27% saturation and 60.2% 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 8.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.3692

Complementary

  1. #46aced
  2. #ed8746

Split complementary

  1. #46aced
  2. #ed4659
  3. #edda46

Analogous

  1. #46edda
  2. #46aced
  3. #4659ed

Triadic

  1. #46aced
  2. #ed46ac
  3. #aced46

Tetradic

  1. #46aced
  2. #8746ed
  3. #ed8746
  4. #aced46

Square

  1. #46aced
  2. #da46ed
  3. #ed8746
  4. #59ed46

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5b8c
  2. #1488d2
  3. #46aced
  4. #8ccbf4
  5. #d1ebfb

Shades

#46aced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46aced
  2. #3f9bd5
  3. #388abe
  4. #3178a6
  5. #2a678e
  6. #235677
  7. #1c455f
  8. #153447
  9. #0e222f
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#46aced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46aced
  2. #59b4ef
  3. #6bbdf1
  4. #7ec5f2
  5. #90cdf4
  6. #a3d6f6
  7. #b5def8
  8. #c8e6fa
  9. #daeefb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46aced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46aced
  2. #4ca8e2
  3. #52a3d7
  4. #579fcc
  5. #5d9ac1
  6. #6396b7
  7. #6992ac
  8. #6f8da1
  9. #748996
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a7c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eadf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779cec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78acef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a3ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46aced {
  color: #46aced;
}
Background
.bg-46aced {
  background-color: #46aced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46aced {
  border: 2px solid #46aced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46aced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 172 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 82% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46aced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46aced, #4659ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46aced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 172 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.58 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.15 #b95312 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#46aced  rgb(70, 172, 237)  hsl(203, 82%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ed8746  rgb(237, 135, 70)  hsl(23, 82%, 60%)  Mango Tango
#ed46ac  rgb(237, 70, 172)  hsl(323, 82%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#aced46  rgb(172, 237, 70)  hsl(83, 82%, 60%)  Inchworm