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#4AE4FA

#4ae4fa ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ae4fa is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 89.41% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.4% cyan, 8.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 187.5°, with 94.62% saturation and 63.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 6.89.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6384

Complementary

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #fa604a

Split complementary

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #fa4a8c
  3. #fab84a

Analogous

  1. #4afab8
  2. #4ae4fa
  3. #4a8cfa

Triadic

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #fa4ae4
  3. #e4fa4a

Tetradic

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #604afa
  3. #fa604a
  4. #e4fa4a

Square

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #b84afa
  3. #fa604a
  4. #8cfa4a

Monochromatic

  1. #0592a6
  2. #07d4f1
  3. #4ae4fa
  4. #94effc
  5. #dffafe

Shades

#4ae4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #43cde1
  3. #3bb6c8
  4. #34a0af
  5. #2c8996
  6. #25727d
  7. #1e5b64
  8. #16444b
  9. #0f2e32
  10. #071719
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ae4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #5ce7fb
  3. #6ee9fb
  4. #80ecfc
  5. #92effc
  6. #a5f2fd
  7. #b7f4fd
  8. #c9f7fe
  9. #dbfafe
  10. #edfcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ae4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ae4fa
  2. #4fdaee
  3. #55d0e2
  4. #5ac6d5
  5. #60bcc9
  6. #65b2bd
  7. #6aa8b1
  8. #709ea5
  9. #759498
  10. #7b8a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acd9e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0dcfb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7c9fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eeeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abdffb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98d5fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eaf1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ae4fa {
  color: #4ae4fa;
}
Background
.bg-4ae4fa {
  background-color: #4ae4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ae4fa {
  border: 2px solid #4ae4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ae4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 228 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ae4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ae4fa, #4a8cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ae4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 228 250 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.89 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.89 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.21 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.51 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 9.78 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 9.78 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.01 #b51b05 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#4ae4fa  rgb(74, 228, 250)  hsl(188, 95%, 64%)  Electric Blue
#fa604a  rgb(250, 96, 74)  hsl(8, 95%, 64%)  Tomato
#fa4ae4  rgb(250, 74, 228)  hsl(308, 95%, 64%)  Fuchsia
#e4fa4a  rgb(228, 250, 74)  hsl(68, 95%, 64%)  Lemon Lime