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#47AEFF

#47aeff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#47aeff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 68.24% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.16% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 206.41°, with 100% saturation and 63.92% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.85.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3883

Complementary

  1. #47aeff
  2. #ff9847

Split complementary

  1. #47aeff
  2. #ff4752
  3. #fff447

Analogous

  1. #47fff4
  2. #47aeff
  3. #4752ff

Triadic

  1. #47aeff
  2. #ff47ae
  3. #aeff47

Tetradic

  1. #47aeff
  2. #9847ff
  3. #ff9847
  4. #aeff47

Square

  1. #47aeff
  2. #f447ff
  3. #ff9847
  4. #52ff47

Monochromatic

  1. #0061ad
  2. #008cf9
  3. #47aeff
  4. #93d0ff
  5. #e0f1ff

Shades

#47aeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #47aeff
  2. #409de6
  3. #398bcc
  4. #327ab3
  5. #2b6899
  6. #245780
  7. #1c4666
  8. #15344d
  9. #0e2333
  10. #07111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#47aeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #47aeff
  2. #59b6ff
  3. #6cbeff
  4. #7ec6ff
  5. #91ceff
  6. #a3d7ff
  7. #b5dfff
  8. #c8e7ff
  9. #daefff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#47aeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #47aeff
  2. #4da9f2
  3. #52a5e6
  4. #58a0d9
  5. #5e9ccc
  6. #6497c0
  7. #6992b3
  8. #6f8ea6
  9. #758999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8baad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6fa0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a6fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-47aeff {
  color: #47aeff;
}
Background
.bg-47aeff {
  background-color: #47aeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-47aeff {
  border: 2px solid #47aeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #47aeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 100% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-47aeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #47aeff, #4752ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-47aeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.19 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.27 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.16 #b85100 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#47aeff  rgb(71, 174, 255)  hsl(206, 100%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9847  rgb(255, 152, 71)  hsl(26, 100%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#ff47ae  rgb(255, 71, 174)  hsl(326, 100%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#aeff47  rgb(174, 255, 71)  hsl(86, 100%, 64%)  Green Yellow