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#4AAEFF

#4aaeff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4aaeff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 68.24% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.98% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 206.85°, with 100% saturation and 64.51% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3895

Complementary

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #ff9b4a

Split complementary

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #ff4a54
  3. #fff54a

Analogous

  1. #4afff5
  2. #4aaeff
  3. #4a54ff

Triadic

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #ff4aae
  3. #aeff4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #9b4aff
  3. #ff9b4a
  4. #aeff4a

Square

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #f54aff
  3. #ff9b4a
  4. #54ff4a

Monochromatic

  1. #0061b0
  2. #008cfd
  3. #4aaeff
  4. #97d0ff
  5. #e3f2ff

Shades

#4aaeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #439de6
  3. #3b8bcc
  4. #347ab3
  5. #2c6899
  6. #255780
  7. #1e4666
  8. #16344d
  9. #0f2333
  10. #07111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aaeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #5cb6ff
  3. #6ebeff
  4. #80c6ff
  5. #92ceff
  6. #a5d7ff
  7. #b7dfff
  8. #c9e7ff
  9. #dbefff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aaeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aaeff
  2. #4fa9f2
  3. #55a5e6
  4. #5aa0d9
  5. #609ccc
  6. #6597c0
  7. #6a92b3
  8. #708ea6
  9. #758999
  10. #7b858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #70a0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a6fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aaeff {
  color: #4aaeff;
}
Background
.bg-4aaeff {
  background-color: #4aaeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aaeff {
  border: 2px solid #4aaeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aaeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aaeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aaeff, #4a54ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aaeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.47 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.95 #b55100 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4aaeff  rgb(74, 174, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 65%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9b4a  rgb(255, 155, 74)  hsl(27, 100%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#ff4aae  rgb(255, 74, 174)  hsl(327, 100%, 65%)  Wild Strawberry
#aeff4a  rgb(174, 255, 74)  hsl(87, 100%, 65%)  Green Yellow