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#4BAFEB

#4bafeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4bafeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 68.63% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.09% cyan, 25.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 202.5°, with 80% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.79.

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Relative luminance0.3815

Complementary

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #eb874b

Split complementary

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #eb4b5f
  3. #ebd74b

Analogous

  1. #4bebd7
  2. #4bafeb
  3. #4b5feb

Triadic

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #eb4baf
  3. #afeb4b

Tetradic

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #874beb
  3. #eb874b
  4. #afeb4b

Square

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #d74beb
  3. #eb874b
  4. #5feb4b

Monochromatic

  1. #105e8d
  2. #178cd2
  3. #4bafeb
  4. #90cef3
  5. #d5ecfa

Shades

#4bafeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #449ed4
  3. #3c8cbc
  4. #357ba5
  5. #2d698d
  6. #265876
  7. #1e465e
  8. #173547
  9. #0f232f
  10. #081218
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bafeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #5db7ed
  3. #6fbfef
  4. #81c7f1
  5. #93cff3
  6. #a5d7f5
  7. #b7dff7
  8. #c9e7f9
  9. #dbeffb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bafeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bafeb
  2. #50aae0
  3. #56a6d6
  4. #5ba1cb
  5. #609cc0
  6. #6698b6
  7. #6b93ab
  8. #708ea0
  9. #758995
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8baac5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93afee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d9fea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7cafed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca6ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bafeb {
  color: #4bafeb;
}
Background
.bg-4bafeb {
  background-color: #4bafeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bafeb {
  border: 2px solid #4bafeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bafeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 175 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bafeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bafeb, #4b5feb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bafeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 175 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.87 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.23 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.21 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.62 #b45014 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4bafeb  rgb(75, 175, 235)  hsl(203, 80%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#eb874b  rgb(235, 135, 75)  hsl(23, 80%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#eb4baf  rgb(235, 75, 175)  hsl(323, 80%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#afeb4b  rgb(175, 235, 75)  hsl(83, 80%, 61%)  Inchworm