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#49AFFC

#49affc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49affc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.03% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 205.81°, with 96.76% saturation and 63.73% 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.75.

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Relative luminance0.391

Complementary

  1. #49affc
  2. #fc9649

Split complementary

  1. #49affc
  2. #fc4956
  3. #fcf049

Analogous

  1. #49fcf0
  2. #49affc
  3. #4956fc

Triadic

  1. #49affc
  2. #fc49af
  3. #affc49

Tetradic

  1. #49affc
  2. #9649fc
  3. #fc9649
  4. #affc49

Square

  1. #49affc
  2. #f049fc
  3. #fc9649
  4. #56fc49

Monochromatic

  1. #0362a9
  2. #048df4
  3. #49affc
  4. #94d0fd
  5. #e0f1fe

Shades

#49affc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49affc
  2. #429ee3
  3. #3a8cca
  4. #337bb0
  5. #2c6997
  6. #25587e
  7. #1d4665
  8. #16354c
  9. #0f2332
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#49affc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49affc
  2. #5bb7fc
  3. #6dbffd
  4. #80c7fd
  5. #92cffd
  6. #a4d7fe
  7. #b6dffe
  8. #c8e7fe
  9. #dbeffe
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49affc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49affc
  2. #4faaf0
  3. #54a6e3
  4. #5aa1d7
  5. #5f9cca
  6. #6598be
  7. #6a93b2
  8. #708ea5
  9. #758999
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cabcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #73a0fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65a6fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49affc {
  color: #49affc;
}
Background
.bg-49affc {
  background-color: #49affc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49affc {
  border: 2px solid #49affc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49affc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 97% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49affc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49affc, #4956fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49affc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.04 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.62 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.68 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.43 #b65003 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#49affc  rgb(73, 175, 252)  hsl(206, 97%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#fc9649  rgb(252, 150, 73)  hsl(26, 97%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#fc49af  rgb(252, 73, 175)  hsl(326, 97%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#affc49  rgb(175, 252, 73)  hsl(86, 97%, 64%)  Green Yellow