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#4DA7EA

#4da7ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4da7ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.09% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.61°, 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.23.

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Relative luminance0.3516

Complementary

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #ea904d

Split complementary

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #ea4d58
  3. #eadf4d

Analogous

  1. #4deadf
  2. #4da7ea
  3. #4d58ea

Triadic

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #ea4da7
  3. #a7ea4d

Tetradic

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #904dea
  3. #ea904d
  4. #a7ea4d

Square

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #df4dea
  3. #ea904d
  4. #58ea4d

Monochromatic

  1. #11588d
  2. #1983d2
  3. #4da7ea
  4. #91c9f2
  5. #d6ebfa

Shades

#4da7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #4596d3
  3. #3e86bb
  4. #3675a4
  5. #2e648c
  6. #275475
  7. #1f435e
  8. #173246
  9. #0f212f
  10. #081117
  11. #000000

Tints

#4da7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #5fb0ec
  3. #71b9ee
  4. #82c1f0
  5. #94caf2
  6. #a6d3f5
  7. #b8dcf7
  8. #cae5f9
  9. #dbedfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4da7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4da7ea
  2. #52a3df
  3. #579fd5
  4. #5c9bca
  5. #6197c0
  6. #6794b5
  7. #6c90aa
  8. #718ca0
  9. #768895
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a3c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7399e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #669fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4da7ea {
  color: #4da7ea;
}
Background
.bg-4da7ea {
  background-color: #4da7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4da7ea {
  border: 2px solid #4da7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4da7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4da7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4da7ea, #4d58ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4da7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.52 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.75 #b25815 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4da7ea  rgb(77, 167, 234)  hsl(206, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea904d  rgb(234, 144, 77)  hsl(26, 79%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#ea4da7  rgb(234, 77, 167)  hsl(326, 79%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a7ea4d  rgb(167, 234, 77)  hsl(86, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm