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#49ACFF

#49acff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49acff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.37% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.36°, 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.67.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3814

Complementary

  1. #49acff
  2. #ff9c49

Split complementary

  1. #49acff
  2. #ff4951
  3. #fff749

Analogous

  1. #49fff7
  2. #49acff
  3. #4951ff

Triadic

  1. #49acff
  2. #ff49ac
  3. #acff49

Tetradic

  1. #49acff
  2. #9c49ff
  3. #ff9c49
  4. #acff49

Square

  1. #49acff
  2. #f749ff
  3. #ff9c49
  4. #51ff49

Monochromatic

  1. #005faf
  2. #0089fb
  3. #49acff
  4. #95cfff
  5. #e2f2ff

Shades

#49acff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49acff
  2. #429be6
  3. #3a8acc
  4. #3378b3
  5. #2c6799
  6. #255680
  7. #1d4566
  8. #16344d
  9. #0f2233
  10. #07111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#49acff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49acff
  2. #5bb4ff
  3. #6dbdff
  4. #80c5ff
  5. #92cdff
  6. #a4d6ff
  7. #b6deff
  8. #c8e6ff
  9. #dbeeff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49acff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49acff
  2. #4fa8f2
  3. #54a3e6
  4. #5a9fd9
  5. #5f9acc
  6. #6596c0
  7. #6a92b3
  8. #708da6
  9. #758999
  10. #7b848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa8d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73aeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49acff {
  color: #49acff;
}
Background
.bg-49acff {
  background-color: #49acff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49acff {
  border: 2px solid #49acff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49acff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49acff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49acff, #4951ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49acff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.10 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.39 #b65300 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#49acff  rgb(73, 172, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9c49  rgb(255, 156, 73)  hsl(27, 100%, 64%)  Neon Carrot
#ff49ac  rgb(255, 73, 172)  hsl(327, 100%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#acff49  rgb(172, 255, 73)  hsl(87, 100%, 64%)  Green Yellow