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#4BA1CA

#4ba1ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4ba1ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 63.14% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.87% cyan, 20.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 199.37°, with 54.51% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.83.

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Relative luminance0.3125

Complementary

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #ca744b

Split complementary

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #ca4b61
  3. #cab34b

Analogous

  1. #4bcab3
  2. #4ba1ca
  3. #4b61ca

Triadic

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #ca4ba1
  3. #a1ca4b

Tetradic

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #744bca
  3. #ca744b
  4. #a1ca4b

Square

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #b34bca
  3. #ca744b
  4. #61ca4b

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4a60
  2. #2e789b
  3. #4ba1ca
  4. #86c0db
  5. #c1dfed

Shades

#4ba1ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #4491b6
  3. #3c81a2
  4. #35718d
  5. #2d6179
  6. #265165
  7. #1e4051
  8. #17303d
  9. #0f2028
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ba1ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #5daacf
  3. #6fb4d5
  4. #81bdda
  5. #93c7df
  6. #a5d0e5
  7. #b7d9ea
  8. #c9e3ef
  9. #dbecf4
  10. #edf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ba1ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ba1ca
  2. #509ec3
  3. #569abb
  4. #5b97b4
  5. #6094ac
  6. #6691a5
  7. #6b8d9e
  8. #708a96
  9. #75878f
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809bae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9fcc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b92c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78a0cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b98ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #05a8ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ba1ca {
  color: #4ba1ca;
}
Background
.bg-4ba1ca {
  background-color: #4ba1ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ba1ca {
  border: 2px solid #4ba1ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ba1ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 161 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ba1ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ba1ca, #4b61ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ba1ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 161 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.83 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.87 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.42 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.76 #b45e35 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ba1ca  rgb(75, 161, 202)  hsl(199, 55%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ca744b  rgb(202, 116, 75)  hsl(19, 55%, 54%)  Burnt Sienna
#ca4ba1  rgb(202, 75, 161)  hsl(319, 55%, 54%)  Mulberry
#a1ca4b  rgb(161, 202, 75)  hsl(79, 55%, 54%)  Yellow Green