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#479BC2

#479bc2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#479bc2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 60.78% green and 76.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.4% cyan, 20.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 199.02°, with 50.2% saturation and 51.96% 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 6.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.2868

Complementary

  1. #479bc2
  2. #c26e47

Split complementary

  1. #479bc2
  2. #c2475e
  3. #c2ab47

Analogous

  1. #47c2ab
  2. #479bc2
  3. #475ec2

Triadic

  1. #479bc2
  2. #c2479b
  3. #9bc247

Tetradic

  1. #479bc2
  2. #6e47c2
  3. #c26e47
  4. #9bc247

Square

  1. #479bc2
  2. #ab47c2
  3. #c26e47
  4. #5ec247

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4254
  2. #2f708e
  3. #479bc2
  4. #80bad5
  5. #bad9e8

Shades

#479bc2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #479bc2
  2. #408caf
  3. #397c9b
  4. #326d88
  5. #2b5d74
  6. #244e61
  7. #1c3e4e
  8. #152f3a
  9. #0e1f27
  10. #071013
  11. #000000

Tints

#479bc2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #479bc2
  2. #59a5c8
  3. #6cafce
  4. #7eb9d4
  5. #91c3da
  6. #a3cde1
  7. #b5d7e7
  8. #c8e1ed
  9. #daebf3
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#479bc2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #479bc2
  2. #4d98bb
  3. #5296b5
  4. #5893ae
  5. #5e90a8
  6. #648ea1
  7. #698b9a
  8. #6f8894
  9. #75858d
  10. #7a8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b96a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8799c4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #768cc1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a6a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #739ac3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6792c2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-479bc2 {
  color: #479bc2;
}
Background
.bg-479bc2 {
  background-color: #479bc2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-479bc2 {
  border: 2px solid #479bc2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #479bc2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 155 194;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 50% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-479bc2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #479bc2, #475ec2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-479bc2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 155 194 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.63 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.48 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.62 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.11 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.38 #b8643d Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#479bc2  rgb(71, 155, 194)  hsl(199, 50%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#c26e47  rgb(194, 110, 71)  hsl(19, 50%, 52%)  Chocolate
#c2479b  rgb(194, 71, 155)  hsl(319, 50%, 52%)  Mulberry
#9bc247  rgb(155, 194, 71)  hsl(79, 50%, 52%)  Yellow Green