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#4AAEDE

#4aaede ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aaede is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 68.24% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 21.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 199.46°, with 69.16% saturation and 58.04% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.16.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.37

Complementary

  1. #4aaede
  2. #de7a4a

Split complementary

  1. #4aaede
  2. #de4a64
  3. #dec44a

Analogous

  1. #4adec4
  2. #4aaede
  3. #4a64de

Triadic

  1. #4aaede
  2. #de4aae
  3. #aede4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aaede
  2. #7a4ade
  3. #de7a4a
  4. #aede4a

Square

  1. #4aaede
  2. #c44ade
  3. #de7a4a
  4. #64de4a

Monochromatic

  1. #165979
  2. #2288ba
  3. #4aaede
  4. #8bcbea
  5. #cbe8f6

Shades

#4aaede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aaede
  2. #439dc8
  3. #3b8bb2
  4. #347a9b
  5. #2c6885
  6. #25576f
  7. #1e4659
  8. #163443
  9. #0f232c
  10. #071116
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aaede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aaede
  2. #5cb6e1
  3. #6ebee5
  4. #80c6e8
  5. #92ceeb
  6. #a5d7ef
  7. #b7dff2
  8. #c9e7f5
  9. #dbeff8
  10. #edf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aaede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aaede
  2. #4fa9d5
  3. #55a5cb
  4. #5aa0c2
  5. #609cb8
  6. #6597af
  7. #6a92a6
  8. #708e9c
  9. #758993
  10. #7b8589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a8be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96ace0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #829ddd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7faddf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #70a4de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aaede {
  color: #4aaede;
}
Background
.bg-4aaede {
  background-color: #4aaede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aaede {
  border: 2px solid #4aaede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aaede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 174 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 69% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aaede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aaede, #4a64de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aaede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 174 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.26 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.59 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.07 #b55121 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aaede  rgb(74, 174, 222)  hsl(199, 69%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#de7a4a  rgb(222, 122, 74)  hsl(19, 69%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#de4aae  rgb(222, 74, 174)  hsl(319, 69%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#aede4a  rgb(174, 222, 74)  hsl(79, 69%, 58%)  June Bud