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#47A2EA

#47a2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#47a2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.66% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 206.5°, with 79.51% saturation and 59.8% 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 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3312

Complementary

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #ea8f47

Split complementary

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #ea4750
  3. #eae047

Analogous

  1. #47eae0
  2. #47a2ea
  3. #4750ea

Triadic

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #ea47a2
  3. #a2ea47

Tetradic

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #8f47ea
  3. #ea8f47
  4. #a2ea47

Square

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #e047ea
  3. #ea8f47
  4. #50ea47

Monochromatic

  1. #105388
  2. #177dcd
  3. #47a2ea
  4. #8cc5f2
  5. #d0e7fa

Shades

#47a2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #4092d3
  3. #3982bb
  4. #3271a4
  5. #2b618c
  6. #245175
  7. #1c415e
  8. #153146
  9. #0e202f
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#47a2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #59abec
  3. #6cb5ee
  4. #7ebef0
  5. #91c7f2
  6. #a3d1f5
  7. #b5daf7
  8. #c8e3f9
  9. #daecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#47a2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #47a2ea
  2. #4d9fdf
  3. #529bd5
  4. #5898ca
  5. #5e94c0
  6. #6491b5
  7. #698eaa
  8. #6f8aa0
  9. #758795
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e9ae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-47a2ea {
  color: #47a2ea;
}
Background
.bg-47a2ea {
  background-color: #47a2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-47a2ea {
  border: 2px solid #47a2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #47a2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-47a2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #47a2ea, #4750ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-47a2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.31 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.22 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.16 #b85d15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#47a2ea  rgb(71, 162, 234)  hsl(207, 80%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8f47  rgb(234, 143, 71)  hsl(27, 80%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea47a2  rgb(234, 71, 162)  hsl(327, 80%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a2ea47  rgb(162, 234, 71)  hsl(87, 80%, 60%)  Inchworm