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#4AAAEC

#4aaaec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aaaec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 66.67% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.64% cyan, 27.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 204.44°, with 81% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.78.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3626

Complementary

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #ec8c4a

Split complementary

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #ec4a59
  3. #ecdd4a

Analogous

  1. #4aecdd
  2. #4aaaec
  3. #4a59ec

Triadic

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #ec4aaa
  3. #aaec4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #8c4aec
  3. #ec8c4a
  4. #aaec4a

Square

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #dd4aec
  3. #ec8c4a
  4. #59ec4a

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5a8e
  2. #1686d3
  3. #4aaaec
  4. #8fcbf3
  5. #d4ebfb

Shades

#4aaaec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #4399d4
  3. #3b88bd
  4. #3477a5
  5. #2c668e
  6. #255576
  7. #1e445e
  8. #163347
  9. #0f222f
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aaaec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #5cb3ee
  3. #6ebbf0
  4. #80c4f2
  5. #92ccf4
  6. #a5d5f6
  7. #b7ddf7
  8. #c9e6f9
  9. #dbeefb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aaaec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aaaec
  2. #4fa6e1
  3. #55a2d6
  4. #5a9dcc
  5. #6099c1
  6. #6595b6
  7. #6a91ab
  8. #708da0
  9. #758896
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a5c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cabef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769beb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77abee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a1eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aaaec {
  color: #4aaaec;
}
Background
.bg-4aaaec {
  background-color: #4aaaec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aaaec {
  border: 2px solid #4aaaec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aaaec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 170 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 81% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aaaec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aaaec, #4a59ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aaaec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 170 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.98 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.63 #b55513 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aaaec  rgb(74, 170, 236)  hsl(204, 81%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ec8c4a  rgb(236, 140, 74)  hsl(24, 81%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec4aaa  rgb(236, 74, 170)  hsl(324, 81%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#aaec4a  rgb(170, 236, 74)  hsl(84, 81%, 61%)  Inchworm