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#4BADFC

#4badfc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4badfc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 67.84% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.24% cyan, 31.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 206.78°, with 96.72% saturation and 64.12% 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 8.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.53.

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Relative luminance0.3841

Complementary

  1. #4badfc
  2. #fc9a4b

Split complementary

  1. #4badfc
  2. #fc4b55
  3. #fcf34b

Analogous

  1. #4bfcf3
  2. #4badfc
  3. #4b55fc

Triadic

  1. #4badfc
  2. #fc4bad
  3. #adfc4b

Tetradic

  1. #4badfc
  2. #9a4bfc
  3. #fc9a4b
  4. #adfc4b

Square

  1. #4badfc
  2. #f34bfc
  3. #fc9a4b
  4. #55fc4b

Monochromatic

  1. #0360ab
  2. #048af6
  3. #4badfc
  4. #96cffd
  5. #e2f2ff

Shades

#4badfc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4badfc
  2. #449ce3
  3. #3c8aca
  4. #3579b0
  5. #2d6897
  6. #26577e
  7. #1e4565
  8. #17344c
  9. #0f2332
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4badfc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4badfc
  2. #5db5fc
  3. #6fbdfd
  4. #81c6fd
  5. #93cefd
  6. #a5d6fe
  7. #b7defe
  8. #c9e6fe
  9. #dbeffe
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4badfc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4badfc
  2. #50a9f0
  3. #56a4e3
  4. #5ba0d7
  5. #609bca
  6. #6697be
  7. #6b92b2
  8. #708ea5
  9. #758999
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719ffa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75affe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4badfc {
  color: #4badfc;
}
Background
.bg-4badfc {
  background-color: #4badfc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4badfc {
  border: 2px solid #4badfc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4badfc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 173 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 97% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4badfc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4badfc, #4b55fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4badfc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 173 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.32 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.94 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.66 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.72 #b45203 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4badfc  rgb(75, 173, 252)  hsl(207, 97%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#fc9a4b  rgb(252, 154, 75)  hsl(27, 97%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#fc4bad  rgb(252, 75, 173)  hsl(327, 97%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#adfc4b  rgb(173, 252, 75)  hsl(87, 97%, 64%)  Green Yellow