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#4895BF

#4895bf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4895bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 58.43% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.3% cyan, 21.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 201.18°, with 48.18% saturation and 51.57% 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 6.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2663

Complementary

  1. #4895bf
  2. #bf7248

Split complementary

  1. #4895bf
  2. #bf4859
  3. #bfae48

Analogous

  1. #48bfae
  2. #4895bf
  3. #4859bf

Triadic

  1. #4895bf
  2. #bf4895
  3. #95bf48

Tetradic

  1. #4895bf
  2. #7248bf
  3. #bf7248
  4. #95bf48

Square

  1. #4895bf
  2. #ae48bf
  3. #bf7248
  4. #59bf48

Monochromatic

  1. #1d3f52
  2. #306a8a
  3. #4895bf
  4. #81b6d3
  5. #b9d7e7

Shades

#4895bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4895bf
  2. #4186ac
  3. #3a7799
  4. #326886
  5. #2b5973
  6. #244b60
  7. #1d3c4c
  8. #162d39
  9. #0e1e26
  10. #070f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4895bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4895bf
  2. #5aa0c5
  3. #6daacc
  4. #7fb5d2
  5. #91bfd9
  6. #a4cadf
  7. #b6d5e5
  8. #c8dfec
  9. #daeaf2
  10. #edf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4895bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4895bf
  2. #4e93b9
  3. #5391b2
  4. #598fac
  5. #5e8da6
  6. #648ba0
  7. #6a8899
  8. #6f8693
  9. #75848d
  10. #7a8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7790a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8194c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7188be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a0a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f94c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #638dbf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #109caf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4895bf {
  color: #4895bf;
}
Background
.bg-4895bf {
  background-color: #4895bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4895bf {
  border: 2px solid #4895bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4895bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 149 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 48% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4895bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4895bf, #4859bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4895bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 149 191 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.58 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.25 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.38 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.43 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.06 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.25 #b76a40 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4895bf  rgb(72, 149, 191)  hsl(201, 48%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#bf7248  rgb(191, 114, 72)  hsl(21, 48%, 52%)  Copper
#bf4895  rgb(191, 72, 149)  hsl(321, 48%, 52%)  Mulberry
#95bf48  rgb(149, 191, 72)  hsl(81, 48%, 52%)  Yellow Green