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#4794CF

#4794cf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4794cf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 58.04% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.7% cyan, 28.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 206.03°, with 58.62% saturation and 54.51% 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 6.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.05.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2702

Complementary

  1. #4794cf
  2. #cf8247

Split complementary

  1. #4794cf
  2. #cf4750
  3. #cfc647

Analogous

  1. #47cfc6
  2. #4794cf
  3. #4750cf

Triadic

  1. #4794cf
  2. #cf4794
  3. #94cf47

Tetradic

  1. #4794cf
  2. #8247cf
  3. #cf8247
  4. #94cf47

Square

  1. #4794cf
  2. #c647cf
  3. #cf8247
  4. #50cf47

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4363
  2. #2a6da0
  3. #4794cf
  4. #84b7df
  5. #c0dbef

Shades

#4794cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4794cf
  2. #4085ba
  3. #3976a6
  4. #326891
  5. #2b597c
  6. #244a68
  7. #1c3b53
  8. #152c3e
  9. #0e1e29
  10. #070f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4794cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4794cf
  2. #599fd4
  3. #6ca9d9
  4. #7eb4dd
  5. #91bfe2
  6. #a3cae7
  7. #b5d4ec
  8. #c8dff1
  9. #daeaf5
  10. #edf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4794cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4794cf
  2. #4d92c7
  3. #5290bf
  4. #588eb7
  5. #5e8caf
  6. #648aa8
  7. #6988a0
  8. #6f8698
  9. #758490
  10. #7a8288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7890ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a95d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6788ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6995d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c8dce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009db9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4794cf {
  color: #4794cf;
}
Background
.bg-4794cf {
  background-color: #4794cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4794cf {
  border: 2px solid #4794cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4794cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 148 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 59% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4794cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4794cf, #4750cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4794cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 148 207 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.73 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.76 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.76 #b86b30 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4794cf  rgb(71, 148, 207)  hsl(206, 59%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#cf8247  rgb(207, 130, 71)  hsl(26, 59%, 55%)  Peru
#cf4794  rgb(207, 71, 148)  hsl(326, 59%, 55%)  Mulberry
#94cf47  rgb(148, 207, 71)  hsl(86, 59%, 55%)  Yellow Green