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#4AADEB

#4aadeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aadeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 67.84% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.51% cyan, 26.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 203.11°, with 80.1% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.32.

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Relative luminance0.3734

Complementary

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #eb884a

Split complementary

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #eb4a5c
  3. #ebd94a

Analogous

  1. #4aebd9
  2. #4aadeb
  3. #4a5ceb

Triadic

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #eb4aad
  3. #adeb4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #884aeb
  3. #eb884a
  4. #adeb4a

Square

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #d94aeb
  3. #eb884a
  4. #5ceb4a

Monochromatic

  1. #105c8c
  2. #178ad1
  3. #4aadeb
  4. #8fccf3
  5. #d4ebfa

Shades

#4aadeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #439cd4
  3. #3b8abc
  4. #3479a5
  5. #2c688d
  6. #255776
  7. #1e455e
  8. #163447
  9. #0f232f
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aadeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #5cb5ed
  3. #6ebdef
  4. #80c6f1
  5. #92cef3
  6. #a5d6f5
  7. #b7def7
  8. #c9e6f9
  9. #dbeffb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aadeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aadeb
  2. #4fa9e0
  3. #55a4d6
  4. #5aa0cb
  5. #609bc0
  6. #6597b6
  7. #6a92ab
  8. #708ea0
  9. #758995
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a8c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90adee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aaded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa4ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aadeb {
  color: #4aadeb;
}
Background
.bg-4aadeb {
  background-color: #4aadeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aadeb {
  border: 2px solid #4aadeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aadeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 173 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aadeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aadeb, #4a5ceb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aadeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 173 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.46 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.26 #b55214 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aadeb  rgb(74, 173, 235)  hsl(203, 80%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#eb884a  rgb(235, 136, 74)  hsl(23, 80%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#eb4aad  rgb(235, 74, 173)  hsl(323, 80%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#adeb4a  rgb(173, 235, 74)  hsl(83, 80%, 61%)  Inchworm