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#4BADFF

#4badff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4badff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.59% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.33°, 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.79.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.386

Complementary

  1. #4badff
  2. #ff9d4b

Split complementary

  1. #4badff
  2. #ff4b53
  3. #fff74b

Analogous

  1. #4bfff7
  2. #4badff
  3. #4b53ff

Triadic

  1. #4badff
  2. #ff4bad
  3. #adff4b

Tetradic

  1. #4badff
  2. #9d4bff
  3. #ff9d4b
  4. #adff4b

Square

  1. #4badff
  2. #f74bff
  3. #ff9d4b
  4. #53ff4b

Monochromatic

  1. #0060b1
  2. #008afe
  3. #4badff
  4. #98d0ff
  5. #e4f3ff

Shades

#4badff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4badff
  2. #449ce6
  3. #3c8acc
  4. #3579b3
  5. #2d6899
  6. #265780
  7. #1e4566
  8. #17344d
  9. #0f2333
  10. #08111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#4badff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4badff
  2. #5db5ff
  3. #6fbdff
  4. #81c6ff
  5. #93ceff
  6. #a5d6ff
  7. #b7deff
  8. #c9e6ff
  9. #dbefff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4badff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4badff
  2. #50a9f2
  3. #56a4e6
  4. #5ba0d9
  5. #609bcc
  6. #6697c0
  7. #6b92b3
  8. #708ea6
  9. #758999
  10. #7b858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9ffd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74afff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a5fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4badff {
  color: #4badff;
}
Background
.bg-4badff {
  background-color: #4badff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4badff {
  border: 2px solid #4badff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4badff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 173 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4badff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4badff, #4b53ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4badff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 173 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.86 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.82 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.56 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.56 #b45200 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4badff  rgb(75, 173, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 65%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9d4b  rgb(255, 157, 75)  hsl(27, 100%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#ff4bad  rgb(255, 75, 173)  hsl(327, 100%, 65%)  Wild Strawberry
#adff4b  rgb(173, 255, 75)  hsl(87, 100%, 65%)  Green Yellow