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#4DA3EA

#4da3ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4da3ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 63.92% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.09% cyan, 30.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.13°, with 78.89% saturation and 60.98% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.3371

Complementary

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #ea944d

Split complementary

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #ea4d55
  3. #eae24d

Analogous

  1. #4deae2
  2. #4da3ea
  3. #4d55ea

Triadic

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #ea4da3
  3. #a3ea4d

Tetradic

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #944dea
  3. #ea944d
  4. #a3ea4d

Square

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #e24dea
  3. #ea944d
  4. #55ea4d

Monochromatic

  1. #11558d
  2. #197ed2
  3. #4da3ea
  4. #91c6f2
  5. #d6eafa

Shades

#4da3ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #4593d3
  3. #3e82bb
  4. #3672a4
  5. #2e628c
  6. #275275
  7. #1f415e
  8. #173146
  9. #0f212f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4da3ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #5facec
  3. #71b5ee
  4. #82bff0
  5. #94c8f2
  6. #a6d1f5
  7. #b8daf7
  8. #cae3f9
  9. #dbedfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4da3ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4da3ea
  2. #52a0df
  3. #579cd5
  4. #5c99ca
  5. #6195c0
  6. #6792b5
  7. #6c8eaa
  8. #718ba0
  9. #768795
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849fc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #629ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4da3ea {
  color: #4da3ea;
}
Background
.bg-4da3ea {
  background-color: #4da3ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4da3ea {
  border: 2px solid #4da3ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4da3ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 163 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4da3ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4da3ea, #4d55ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4da3ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 163 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.39 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.81 #b25c15 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4da3ea  rgb(77, 163, 234)  hsl(207, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea944d  rgb(234, 148, 77)  hsl(27, 79%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#ea4da3  rgb(234, 77, 163)  hsl(327, 79%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a3ea4d  rgb(163, 234, 77)  hsl(87, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm