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#4BA2ED

#4ba2ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ba2ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.35% cyan, 31.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 207.78°, with 81.82% saturation and 61.18% 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3345

Complementary

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #ed964b

Split complementary

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #ed4b51
  3. #ede74b

Analogous

  1. #4bede7
  2. #4ba2ed
  3. #4b51ed

Triadic

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #ed4ba2
  3. #a2ed4b

Tetradic

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #964bed
  3. #ed964b
  4. #a2ed4b

Square

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #e74bed
  3. #ed964b
  4. #51ed4b

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5491
  2. #157dd6
  3. #4ba2ed
  4. #91c6f4
  5. #d6eafb

Shades

#4ba2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #4492d5
  3. #3c82be
  4. #3571a6
  5. #2d618e
  6. #265177
  7. #1e415f
  8. #173147
  9. #0f202f
  10. #081018
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ba2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #5dabef
  3. #6fb5f1
  4. #81bef2
  5. #93c7f4
  6. #a5d1f6
  7. #b7daf8
  8. #c9e3fa
  9. #dbecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ba2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ba2ed
  2. #509fe2
  3. #569bd7
  4. #5b98cc
  5. #6094c1
  6. #6691b7
  7. #6b8eac
  8. #708aa1
  9. #758796
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849fc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a96ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa4ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9bec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ba2ed {
  color: #4ba2ed;
}
Background
.bg-4ba2ed {
  background-color: #4ba2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ba2ed {
  border: 2px solid #4ba2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ba2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 162 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 82% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ba2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ba2ed, #4b51ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ba2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 162 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.69 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.97 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.16 #b45d12 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ba2ed  rgb(75, 162, 237)  hsl(208, 82%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ed964b  rgb(237, 150, 75)  hsl(28, 82%, 61%)  Sandy Brown
#ed4ba2  rgb(237, 75, 162)  hsl(328, 82%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2ed4b  rgb(162, 237, 75)  hsl(88, 82%, 61%)  Inchworm