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#4AA2EA

#4aa2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aa2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.38% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207°, 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 7.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.17.

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Relative luminance0.3324

Complementary

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #ea924a

Split complementary

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #ea4a52
  3. #eae24a

Analogous

  1. #4aeae2
  2. #4aa2ea
  3. #4a52ea

Triadic

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #ea4aa2
  3. #a2ea4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #924aea
  3. #ea924a
  4. #a2ea4a

Square

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #e24aea
  3. #ea924a
  4. #52ea4a

Monochromatic

  1. #10548b
  2. #187dcf
  3. #4aa2ea
  4. #8fc5f2
  5. #d3e8fa

Shades

#4aa2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #4392d3
  3. #3b82bb
  4. #3471a4
  5. #2c618c
  6. #255175
  7. #1e415e
  8. #163146
  9. #0f202f
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aa2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #5cabec
  3. #6eb5ee
  4. #80bef0
  5. #92c7f2
  6. #a5d1f5
  7. #b7daf7
  8. #c9e3f9
  9. #dbecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aa2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aa2ea
  2. #4f9fdf
  3. #559bd5
  4. #5a98ca
  5. #6094c0
  6. #6591b5
  7. #6a8eaa
  8. #708aa0
  9. #758795
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #839ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609ae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aa2ea {
  color: #4aa2ea;
}
Background
.bg-4aa2ea {
  background-color: #4aa2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aa2ea {
  border: 2px solid #4aa2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aa2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aa2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aa2ea, #4a52ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aa2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.74 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.08 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.13 #b55d15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aa2ea  rgb(74, 162, 234)  hsl(207, 79%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ea924a  rgb(234, 146, 74)  hsl(27, 79%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea4aa2  rgb(234, 74, 162)  hsl(327, 79%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a2ea4a  rgb(162, 234, 74)  hsl(87, 79%, 60%)  Inchworm