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#4AADFA

#4aadfa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aadfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 67.84% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.4% cyan, 30.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.25°, with 94.62% saturation and 63.53% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.3825

Complementary

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #fa974a

Split complementary

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #fa4a55
  3. #faef4a

Analogous

  1. #4afaef
  2. #4aadfa
  3. #4a55fa

Triadic

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #fa4aad
  3. #adfa4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #974afa
  3. #fa974a
  4. #adfa4a

Square

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #ef4afa
  3. #fa974a
  4. #55fa4a

Monochromatic

  1. #0560a6
  2. #078af1
  3. #4aadfa
  4. #94cffc
  5. #dff0fe

Shades

#4aadfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #439ce1
  3. #3b8ac8
  4. #3479af
  5. #2c6896
  6. #25577d
  7. #1e4564
  8. #16344b
  9. #0f2332
  10. #071119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aadfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #5cb5fb
  3. #6ebdfb
  4. #80c6fc
  5. #92cefc
  6. #a5d6fd
  7. #b7defd
  8. #c9e6fe
  9. #dbeffe
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aadfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aadfa
  2. #4fa9ee
  3. #55a4e2
  4. #5aa0d5
  5. #609bc9
  6. #6597bd
  7. #6a92b1
  8. #708ea5
  9. #758998
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aaffd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #729ff9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76aefc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a5f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aadfa {
  color: #4aadfa;
}
Background
.bg-4aadfa {
  background-color: #4aadfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aadfa {
  border: 2px solid #4aadfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aadfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 173 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aadfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aadfa, #4a55fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aadfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 173 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.70 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.80 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.90 #b55205 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aadfa  rgb(74, 173, 250)  hsl(206, 95%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#fa974a  rgb(250, 151, 74)  hsl(26, 95%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#fa4aad  rgb(250, 74, 173)  hsl(326, 95%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#adfa4a  rgb(173, 250, 74)  hsl(86, 95%, 64%)  Green Yellow