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#4AAEF2

#4aaef2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aaef2 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 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.42% cyan, 28.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 204.29°, with 86.6% saturation and 61.96% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.87.

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Relative luminance0.3814

Complementary

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #f28e4a

Split complementary

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #f24a5a
  3. #f2e24a

Analogous

  1. #4af2e2
  2. #4aaef2
  3. #4a5af2

Triadic

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #f24aae
  3. #aef24a

Tetradic

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #8e4af2
  3. #f28e4a
  4. #aef24a

Square

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #e24af2
  3. #f28e4a
  4. #5af24a

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5f98
  2. #108bdf
  3. #4aaef2
  4. #91cef7
  5. #d9eefc

Shades

#4aaef2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #439dda
  3. #3b8bc2
  4. #347aa9
  5. #2c6891
  6. #255779
  7. #1e4661
  8. #163449
  9. #0f2330
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aaef2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #5cb6f3
  3. #6ebef5
  4. #80c6f6
  5. #92cef7
  6. #a5d7f9
  7. #b7dffa
  8. #c9e7fb
  9. #dbeffc
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aaef2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aaef2
  2. #4fa9e7
  3. #55a5db
  4. #5aa0d0
  5. #609cc4
  6. #6597b9
  7. #6a92ae
  8. #708ea2
  9. #758997
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8faff5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #789ff1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79aff4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a5f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aaef2 {
  color: #4aaef2;
}
Background
.bg-4aaef2 {
  background-color: #4aaef2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aaef2 {
  border: 2px solid #4aaef2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aaef2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 174 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 87% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aaef2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aaef2, #4a5af2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aaef2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 174 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.64 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.34 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.67 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.95 #b5510d Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aaef2  rgb(74, 174, 242)  hsl(204, 87%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#f28e4a  rgb(242, 142, 74)  hsl(24, 87%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#f24aae  rgb(242, 74, 174)  hsl(324, 87%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aef24a  rgb(174, 242, 74)  hsl(84, 87%, 62%)  Inchworm