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#4C9CC3

#4c9cc3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4c9cc3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 61.18% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.03% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 199.66°, with 49.79% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2925

Complementary

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #c3734c

Split complementary

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #c34c61
  3. #c3ae4c

Analogous

  1. #4cc3ae
  2. #4c9cc3
  3. #4c61c3

Triadic

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #c34c9c
  3. #9cc34c

Tetradic

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #734cc3
  3. #c3734c
  4. #9cc34c

Square

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #ae4cc3
  3. #c3734c
  4. #61c34c

Monochromatic

  1. #1e4558
  2. #317292
  3. #4c9cc3
  4. #85bcd6
  5. #bfdbe9

Shades

#4c9cc3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #448cb0
  3. #3d7d9c
  4. #356d89
  5. #2e5e75
  6. #264e62
  7. #1e3e4e
  8. #172f3b
  9. #0f1f27
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4c9cc3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #5ea6c9
  3. #70b0cf
  4. #82bad5
  5. #94c4db
  6. #a6cee1
  7. #b7d7e7
  8. #c9e1ed
  9. #dbebf3
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4c9cc3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4c9cc3
  2. #5199bc
  3. #5696b6
  4. #5c94af
  5. #6191a8
  6. #668ea2
  7. #6b8b9b
  8. #708894
  9. #76868d
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d97a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #899ac5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #788ec2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #759bc4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6994c3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #19a2b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4c9cc3 {
  color: #4c9cc3;
}
Background
.bg-4c9cc3 {
  background-color: #4c9cc3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4c9cc3 {
  border: 2px solid #4c9cc3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4c9cc3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 156 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 50% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4c9cc3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4c9cc3, #4c61c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4c9cc3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 156 195 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.13 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.50 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.92 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.88 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.10 #b3633c Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4c9cc3  rgb(76, 156, 195)  hsl(200, 50%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#c3734c  rgb(195, 115, 76)  hsl(20, 50%, 53%)  Chocolate
#c34c9c  rgb(195, 76, 156)  hsl(320, 50%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9cc34c  rgb(156, 195, 76)  hsl(80, 50%, 53%)  Yellow Green