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#4BACFF

#4bacff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4bacff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.59% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.67°, with 100% saturation and 64.71% 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 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.7.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3822

Complementary

  1. #4bacff
  2. #ff9e4b

Split complementary

  1. #4bacff
  2. #ff4b52
  3. #fff84b

Analogous

  1. #4bfff8
  2. #4bacff
  3. #4b52ff

Triadic

  1. #4bacff
  2. #ff4bac
  3. #acff4b

Tetradic

  1. #4bacff
  2. #9e4bff
  3. #ff9e4b
  4. #acff4b

Square

  1. #4bacff
  2. #f84bff
  3. #ff9e4b
  4. #52ff4b

Monochromatic

  1. #005fb1
  2. #0089fe
  3. #4bacff
  4. #98cfff
  5. #e4f3ff

Shades

#4bacff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bacff
  2. #449be6
  3. #3c8acc
  4. #3578b3
  5. #2d6799
  6. #265680
  7. #1e4566
  8. #17344d
  9. #0f2233
  10. #08111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bacff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bacff
  2. #5db4ff
  3. #6fbdff
  4. #81c5ff
  5. #93cdff
  6. #a5d6ff
  7. #b7deff
  8. #c9e6ff
  9. #dbeeff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bacff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bacff
  2. #50a8f2
  3. #56a3e6
  4. #5b9fd9
  5. #609acc
  6. #6696c0
  7. #6b92b3
  8. #708da6
  9. #758999
  10. #7b848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9ffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73aeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bacff {
  color: #4bacff;
}
Background
.bg-4bacff {
  background-color: #4bacff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bacff {
  border: 2px solid #4bacff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bacff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bacff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bacff, #4b52ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bacff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.69 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.50 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.23 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.25 #b45300 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4bacff  rgb(75, 172, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 65%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9e4b  rgb(255, 158, 75)  hsl(28, 100%, 65%)  Neon Carrot
#ff4bac  rgb(255, 75, 172)  hsl(328, 100%, 65%)  Wild Strawberry
#acff4b  rgb(172, 255, 75)  hsl(88, 100%, 65%)  Green Yellow