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#4BA4E2

#4ba4e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ba4e2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 64.31% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.81% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 204.64°, with 72.25% saturation and 59.02% 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 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.14.

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Relative luminance0.3354

Complementary

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #e2894b

Split complementary

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #e24b58
  3. #e2d54b

Analogous

  1. #4be2d5
  2. #4ba4e2
  3. #4b58e2

Triadic

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #e24ba4
  3. #a4e24b

Tetradic

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #894be2
  3. #e2894b
  4. #a4e24b

Square

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #d54be2
  3. #e2894b
  4. #58e24b

Monochromatic

  1. #15547f
  2. #1f7fc1
  3. #4ba4e2
  4. #8dc5ed
  5. #cfe7f7

Shades

#4ba4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #4494cb
  3. #3c83b5
  4. #35739e
  5. #2d6288
  6. #265271
  7. #1e425a
  8. #173144
  9. #0f212d
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ba4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #5dade5
  3. #6fb6e8
  4. #81bfeb
  5. #93c8ee
  6. #a5d2f1
  7. #b7dbf3
  8. #c9e4f6
  9. #dbedf9
  10. #edf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ba4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ba4e2
  2. #50a0d8
  3. #569dce
  4. #5b99c5
  5. #6096bb
  6. #6692b1
  7. #6b8ea7
  8. #708b9d
  9. #758794
  10. #7b848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a0bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a5e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7396e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a4e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #659ce1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ba4e2 {
  color: #4ba4e2;
}
Background
.bg-4ba4e2 {
  background-color: #4ba4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ba4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #4ba4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ba4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 164 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 72% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ba4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ba4e2, #4b58e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ba4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 164 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.55 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.64 #b45b1d Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ba4e2  rgb(75, 164, 226)  hsl(205, 72%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#e2894b  rgb(226, 137, 75)  hsl(25, 72%, 59%)  Persian Orange
#e24ba4  rgb(226, 75, 164)  hsl(325, 72%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a4e24b  rgb(164, 226, 75)  hsl(85, 72%, 59%)  Inchworm