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#4DA7F6

#4da7f6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4da7f6 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 65.49% green and 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.7% cyan, 32.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 208.05°, with 90.37% saturation and 63.33% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.57.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3587

Complementary

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #f69c4d

Split complementary

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #f64d52
  3. #f6f14d

Analogous

  1. #4df6f1
  2. #4da7f6
  3. #4d52f6

Triadic

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #f64da7
  3. #a7f64d

Tetradic

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #9c4df6
  3. #f69c4d
  4. #a7f64d

Square

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #f14df6
  3. #f69c4d
  4. #52f64d

Monochromatic

  1. #085aa2
  2. #0c82eb
  3. #4da7f6
  4. #96cbfa
  5. #dfeffd

Shades

#4da7f6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #4596dd
  3. #3e86c5
  4. #3675ac
  5. #2e6494
  6. #27547b
  7. #1f4362
  8. #17324a
  9. #0f2131
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4da7f6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #5fb0f7
  3. #71b9f8
  4. #82c1f9
  5. #94cafa
  6. #a6d3fb
  7. #b8dcfb
  8. #cae5fc
  9. #dbedfd
  10. #edf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4da7f6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4da7f6
  2. #52a3ea
  3. #579fde
  4. #5c9bd3
  5. #6197c7
  6. #6794bb
  7. #6c90af
  8. #718ca3
  9. #768898
  10. #7b848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a4c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84aaf9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9af4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a9f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a0f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4da7f6 {
  color: #4da7f6;
}
Background
.bg-4da7f6 {
  background-color: #4da7f6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4da7f6 {
  border: 2px solid #4da7f6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4da7f6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 167 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 90% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4da7f6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4da7f6, #4d52f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4da7f6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 167 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.84 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.41 #b25809 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4da7f6  rgb(77, 167, 246)  hsl(208, 90%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#f69c4d  rgb(246, 156, 77)  hsl(28, 90%, 63%)  Sandy Brown
#f64da7  rgb(246, 77, 167)  hsl(328, 90%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#a7f64d  rgb(167, 246, 77)  hsl(88, 90%, 63%)  Green Yellow