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#49ABFF

#49abff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49abff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 67.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.37% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.69°, with 100% saturation and 64.31% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.59.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3776

Complementary

  1. #49abff
  2. #ff9d49

Split complementary

  1. #49abff
  2. #ff4950
  3. #fff849

Analogous

  1. #49fff8
  2. #49abff
  3. #4950ff

Triadic

  1. #49abff
  2. #ff49ab
  3. #abff49

Tetradic

  1. #49abff
  2. #9d49ff
  3. #ff9d49
  4. #abff49

Square

  1. #49abff
  2. #f849ff
  3. #ff9d49
  4. #50ff49

Monochromatic

  1. #005eaf
  2. #0087fb
  3. #49abff
  4. #95ceff
  5. #e2f2ff

Shades

#49abff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49abff
  2. #429ae6
  3. #3a89cc
  4. #3378b3
  5. #2c6799
  6. #255680
  7. #1d4466
  8. #16334d
  9. #0f2233
  10. #07111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#49abff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49abff
  2. #5bb3ff
  3. #6dbcff
  4. #80c4ff
  5. #92cdff
  6. #a4d5ff
  7. #b6ddff
  8. #c8e6ff
  9. #dbeeff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49abff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49abff
  2. #4fa7f2
  3. #54a2e6
  4. #5a9ed9
  5. #5f9acc
  6. #6596c0
  7. #6a91b3
  8. #708da6
  9. #758999
  10. #7b848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72adff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49abff {
  color: #49abff;
}
Background
.bg-49abff {
  background-color: #49abff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49abff {
  border: 2px solid #49abff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49abff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 171 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49abff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49abff, #4950ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49abff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 171 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.76 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.23 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.45 #b65400 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#49abff  rgb(73, 171, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9d49  rgb(255, 157, 73)  hsl(28, 100%, 64%)  Neon Carrot
#ff49ab  rgb(255, 73, 171)  hsl(328, 100%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#abff49  rgb(171, 255, 73)  hsl(88, 100%, 64%)  Green Yellow