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#4CB8EA

#4cb8ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4cb8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 72.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.52% cyan, 21.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.99°, with 79% 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 9.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.24.

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Relative luminance0.4176

Complementary

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #ea7e4c

Split complementary

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #ea4c69
  3. #eacd4c

Analogous

  1. #4ceacd
  2. #4cb8ea
  3. #4c69ea

Triadic

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #ea4cb8
  3. #b8ea4c

Tetradic

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #7e4cea
  3. #ea7e4c
  4. #b8ea4c

Square

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #cd4cea
  3. #ea7e4c
  4. #69ea4c

Monochromatic

  1. #10658c
  2. #1997d1
  3. #4cb8ea
  4. #90d3f2
  5. #d5eefa

Shades

#4cb8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #44a6d3
  3. #3d93bb
  4. #3581a4
  5. #2e6e8c
  6. #265c75
  7. #1e4a5e
  8. #173746
  9. #0f252f
  10. #081217
  11. #000000

Tints

#4cb8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #5ebfec
  3. #70c6ee
  4. #82cdf0
  5. #94d4f2
  6. #a6dcf5
  7. #b7e3f7
  8. #c9eaf9
  9. #dbf1fb
  10. #edf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4cb8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4cb8ea
  2. #51b2df
  3. #56add5
  4. #5ca7ca
  5. #61a2c0
  6. #669cb5
  7. #6b96aa
  8. #7091a0
  9. #768b95
  10. #7b868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90b1c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb6ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a6e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86b7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76aeea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4cb8ea {
  color: #4cb8ea;
}
Background
.bg-4cb8ea {
  background-color: #4cb8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4cb8ea {
  border: 2px solid #4cb8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4cb8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 184 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4cb8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4cb8ea, #4c69ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4cb8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 184 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.24 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.57 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.75 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.92 #b34715 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#4cb8ea  rgb(76, 184, 234)  hsl(199, 79%, 61%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea7e4c  rgb(234, 126, 76)  hsl(19, 79%, 61%)  Coral
#ea4cb8  rgb(234, 76, 184)  hsl(319, 79%, 61%)  Shocking Pink
#b8ea4c  rgb(184, 234, 76)  hsl(79, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm