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#4AABFF

#4aabff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aabff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 67.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.98% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.85°, with 100% saturation and 64.51% 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 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.6.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.378

Complementary

  1. #4aabff
  2. #ff9e4a

Split complementary

  1. #4aabff
  2. #ff4a50
  3. #fff94a

Analogous

  1. #4afff9
  2. #4aabff
  3. #4a50ff

Triadic

  1. #4aabff
  2. #ff4aab
  3. #abff4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aabff
  2. #9e4aff
  3. #ff9e4a
  4. #abff4a

Square

  1. #4aabff
  2. #f94aff
  3. #ff9e4a
  4. #50ff4a

Monochromatic

  1. #005eb0
  2. #0087fd
  3. #4aabff
  4. #97ceff
  5. #e3f2ff

Shades

#4aabff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aabff
  2. #439ae6
  3. #3b89cc
  4. #3478b3
  5. #2c6799
  6. #255680
  7. #1e4466
  8. #16334d
  9. #0f2233
  10. #07111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aabff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aabff
  2. #5cb3ff
  3. #6ebcff
  4. #80c4ff
  5. #92cdff
  6. #a5d5ff
  7. #b7ddff
  8. #c9e6ff
  9. #dbeeff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aabff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aabff
  2. #4fa7f2
  3. #55a2e6
  4. #5a9ed9
  5. #609acc
  6. #6596c0
  7. #6a91b3
  8. #708da6
  9. #758999
  10. #7b848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72adff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aabff {
  color: #4aabff;
}
Background
.bg-4aabff {
  background-color: #4aabff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aabff {
  border: 2px solid #4aabff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aabff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 171 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aabff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aabff, #4a50ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aabff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 171 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.72 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.20 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.97 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.51 #b55400 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aabff  rgb(74, 171, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 65%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9e4a  rgb(255, 158, 74)  hsl(28, 100%, 65%)  Neon Carrot
#ff4aab  rgb(255, 74, 171)  hsl(328, 100%, 65%)  Wild Strawberry
#abff4a  rgb(171, 255, 74)  hsl(88, 100%, 65%)  Green Yellow