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#4AA0EA

#4aa0ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aa0ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 62.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.38% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.75°, with 79.21% saturation and 60.39% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.39.

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Relative luminance0.3254

Complementary

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #ea944a

Split complementary

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #ea4a50
  3. #eae44a

Analogous

  1. #4aeae4
  2. #4aa0ea
  3. #4a50ea

Triadic

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #ea4aa0
  3. #a0ea4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #944aea
  3. #ea944a
  4. #a0ea4a

Square

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #e44aea
  3. #ea944a
  4. #50ea4a

Monochromatic

  1. #10528b
  2. #187bcf
  3. #4aa0ea
  4. #8fc4f2
  5. #d3e8fa

Shades

#4aa0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #4390d3
  3. #3b80bb
  4. #3470a4
  5. #2c608c
  6. #255075
  7. #1e405e
  8. #163046
  9. #0f202f
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aa0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #5caaec
  3. #6eb3ee
  4. #80bdf0
  5. #92c6f2
  6. #a5d0f5
  7. #b7d9f7
  8. #c9e3f9
  9. #dbecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aa0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aa0ea
  2. #4f9ddf
  3. #559ad5
  4. #5a96ca
  5. #6093c0
  6. #6590b5
  7. #6a8daa
  8. #708aa0
  9. #758695
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829dc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6994e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e99e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aa0ea {
  color: #4aa0ea;
}
Background
.bg-4aa0ea {
  background-color: #4aa0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aa0ea {
  border: 2px solid #4aa0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aa0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aa0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aa0ea, #4a50ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aa0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.39 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.85 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.72 #b55f15 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aa0ea  rgb(74, 160, 234)  hsl(208, 79%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ea944a  rgb(234, 148, 74)  hsl(28, 79%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea4aa0  rgb(234, 74, 160)  hsl(328, 79%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a0ea4a  rgb(160, 234, 74)  hsl(88, 79%, 60%)  Inchworm