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#4CB4E8

#4cb4e8 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4cb4e8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 70.59% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.24% cyan, 22.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 77.23% saturation and 60.39% 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 9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.4001

Complementary

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #e8804c

Split complementary

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #e84c66
  3. #e8ce4c

Analogous

  1. #4ce8ce
  2. #4cb4e8
  3. #4c66e8

Triadic

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #e84cb4
  3. #b4e84c

Tetradic

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #804ce8
  3. #e8804c
  4. #b4e84c

Square

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #ce4ce8
  3. #e8804c
  4. #66e84c

Monochromatic

  1. #126189
  2. #1a92cd
  3. #4cb4e8
  4. #90d0f1
  5. #d4edf9

Shades

#4cb4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #44a2d1
  3. #3d90ba
  4. #357ea2
  5. #2e6c8b
  6. #265a74
  7. #1e485d
  8. #173646
  9. #0f242e
  10. #081217
  11. #000000

Tints

#4cb4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #5ebcea
  3. #70c3ed
  4. #82cbef
  5. #94d2f1
  6. #a6daf4
  7. #b7e1f6
  8. #c9e9f8
  9. #dbf0fa
  10. #edf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4cb4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4cb4e8
  2. #51afde
  3. #56aad3
  4. #5ca4c9
  5. #619fbe
  6. #669ab4
  7. #6b95aa
  8. #70909f
  9. #768a95
  10. #7b858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eaec6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bb2ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a3e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82b3e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73aae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bcd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4cb4e8 {
  color: #4cb4e8;
}
Background
.bg-4cb4e8 {
  background-color: #4cb4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4cb4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #4cb4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4cb4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 180 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 77% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4cb4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4cb4e8, #4c66e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4cb4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 180 232 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.87 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.65 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.78 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.35 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.06 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.88 #b34b17 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#4cb4e8  rgb(76, 180, 232)  hsl(200, 77%, 60%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e8804c  rgb(232, 128, 76)  hsl(20, 77%, 60%)  Mango Tango
#e84cb4  rgb(232, 76, 180)  hsl(320, 77%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#b4e84c  rgb(180, 232, 76)  hsl(80, 77%, 60%)  Inchworm