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#4AAEEB

#4aaeeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aaeeb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.51% cyan, 25.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 202.73°, 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.56.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3773

Complementary

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #eb874a

Split complementary

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #eb4a5e
  3. #ebd74a

Analogous

  1. #4aebd7
  2. #4aaeeb
  3. #4a5eeb

Triadic

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #eb4aae
  3. #aeeb4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #874aeb
  3. #eb874a
  4. #aeeb4a

Square

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #d74aeb
  3. #eb874a
  4. #5eeb4a

Monochromatic

  1. #105d8c
  2. #178bd1
  3. #4aaeeb
  4. #8fcdf3
  5. #d4ecfa

Shades

#4aaeeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #439dd4
  3. #3b8bbc
  4. #347aa5
  5. #2c688d
  6. #255776
  7. #1e465e
  8. #163447
  9. #0f232f
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aaeeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #5cb6ed
  3. #6ebeef
  4. #80c6f1
  5. #92cef3
  6. #a5d7f5
  7. #b7dff7
  8. #c9e7f9
  9. #dbeffb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aaeeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aaeeb
  2. #4fa9e0
  3. #55a5d6
  4. #5aa0cb
  5. #609cc0
  6. #6597b6
  7. #6a92ab
  8. #708ea0
  9. #758995
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa9c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92aeee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7baeed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ba5ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aaeeb {
  color: #4aaeeb;
}
Background
.bg-4aaeeb {
  background-color: #4aaeeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aaeeb {
  border: 2px solid #4aaeeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aaeeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 174 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aaeeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aaeeb, #4a5eeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aaeeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 174 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.51 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.09 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.34 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.66 #b55114 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aaeeb  rgb(74, 174, 235)  hsl(203, 80%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#eb874a  rgb(235, 135, 74)  hsl(23, 80%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#eb4aae  rgb(235, 74, 174)  hsl(323, 80%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#aeeb4a  rgb(174, 235, 74)  hsl(83, 80%, 61%)  Inchworm