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#4BA2EA

#4ba2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ba2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.95% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.17°, with 79.1% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.2.

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Relative luminance0.3328

Complementary

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #ea934b

Split complementary

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #ea4b53
  3. #eae24b

Analogous

  1. #4beae2
  2. #4ba2ea
  3. #4b53ea

Triadic

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #ea4ba2
  3. #a2ea4b

Tetradic

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #934bea
  3. #ea934b
  4. #a2ea4b

Square

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #e24bea
  3. #ea934b
  4. #53ea4b

Monochromatic

  1. #10548c
  2. #187dd0
  3. #4ba2ea
  4. #90c5f2
  5. #d4e9fa

Shades

#4ba2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #4492d3
  3. #3c82bb
  4. #3571a4
  5. #2d618c
  6. #265175
  7. #1e415e
  8. #173146
  9. #0f202f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ba2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #5dabec
  3. #6fb5ee
  4. #81bef0
  5. #93c7f2
  6. #a5d1f5
  7. #b7daf7
  8. #c9e3f9
  9. #dbecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ba2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ba2ea
  2. #509fdf
  3. #569bd5
  4. #5b98ca
  5. #6094c0
  6. #6691b5
  7. #6b8eaa
  8. #708aa0
  9. #758795
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #839ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ba2ea {
  color: #4ba2ea;
}
Background
.bg-4ba2ea {
  background-color: #4ba2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ba2ea {
  border: 2px solid #4ba2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ba2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ba2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ba2ea, #4b53ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ba2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.69 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.88 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.05 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.12 #b45d15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ba2ea  rgb(75, 162, 234)  hsl(207, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea934b  rgb(234, 147, 75)  hsl(27, 79%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea4ba2  rgb(234, 75, 162)  hsl(327, 79%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#a2ea4b  rgb(162, 234, 75)  hsl(87, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm