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#4BB4E5

#4bb4e5 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4bb4e5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 70.59% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.25% cyan, 21.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 199.09°, with 74.76% saturation and 59.61% 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.398

Complementary

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #e57c4b

Split complementary

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #e54b67
  3. #e5c94b

Analogous

  1. #4be5c9
  2. #4bb4e5
  3. #4b67e5

Triadic

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #e54bb4
  3. #b4e54b

Tetradic

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #7c4be5
  3. #e57c4b
  4. #b4e54b

Square

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #c94be5
  3. #e57c4b
  4. #67e54b

Monochromatic

  1. #136084
  2. #1d91c7
  3. #4bb4e5
  4. #8ed0ef
  5. #d1ecf8

Shades

#4bb4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #44a2ce
  3. #3c90b7
  4. #357ea0
  5. #2d6c89
  6. #265a73
  7. #1e485c
  8. #173645
  9. #0f242e
  10. #081217
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bb4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #5dbce8
  3. #6fc3ea
  4. #81cbed
  5. #93d2ef
  6. #a5daf2
  7. #b7e1f5
  8. #c9e9f7
  9. #dbf0fa
  10. #edf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bb4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bb4e5
  2. #50afdb
  3. #56aad1
  4. #5ba4c7
  5. #609fbd
  6. #669ab3
  7. #6b95a8
  8. #70909e
  9. #758a94
  10. #7b858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8daec4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb2e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a3e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83b3e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73aae5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bcd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bb4e5 {
  color: #4bb4e5;
}
Background
.bg-4bb4e5 {
  background-color: #4bb4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bb4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #4bb4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bb4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 180 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 75% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bb4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bb4e5, #4b67e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bb4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 180 229 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.02 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.17 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.72 #b44b1a Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#4bb4e5  rgb(75, 180, 229)  hsl(199, 75%, 60%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e57c4b  rgb(229, 124, 75)  hsl(19, 75%, 60%)  Burnt Sienna
#e54bb4  rgb(229, 75, 180)  hsl(319, 75%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#b4e54b  rgb(180, 229, 75)  hsl(79, 75%, 60%)  Inchworm