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#4DAAE3

#4daae3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4daae3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 66.67% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.08% cyan, 25.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 202.8°, with 72.82% saturation and 59.61% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3587

Complementary

  1. #4daae3
  2. #e3864d

Split complementary

  1. #4daae3
  2. #e34d5f
  3. #e3d14d

Analogous

  1. #4de3d1
  2. #4daae3
  3. #4d5fe3

Triadic

  1. #4daae3
  2. #e34daa
  3. #aae34d

Tetradic

  1. #4daae3
  2. #864de3
  3. #e3864d
  4. #aae34d

Square

  1. #4daae3
  2. #d14de3
  3. #e3864d
  4. #5fe34d

Monochromatic

  1. #155982
  2. #1f86c5
  3. #4daae3
  4. #8fcaed
  5. #d1e9f8

Shades

#4daae3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4daae3
  2. #4599cc
  3. #3e88b6
  4. #36779f
  5. #2e6688
  6. #275572
  7. #1f445b
  8. #173344
  9. #0f222d
  10. #081117
  11. #000000

Tints

#4daae3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4daae3
  2. #5fb3e6
  3. #71bbe9
  4. #82c4eb
  5. #94ccee
  6. #a6d5f1
  7. #b8ddf4
  8. #cae6f7
  9. #dbeef9
  10. #edf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4daae3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4daae3
  2. #52a6d9
  3. #57a2cf
  4. #5c9dc5
  5. #6199bb
  6. #6795b2
  7. #6c91a8
  8. #718d9e
  9. #768894
  10. #7b848a
  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 #88a5bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aae6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9be2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aaae5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca1e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4daae3 {
  color: #4daae3;
}
Background
.bg-4daae3 {
  background-color: #4daae3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4daae3 {
  border: 2px solid #4daae3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4daae3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 170 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 73% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4daae3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4daae3, #4d5fe3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4daae3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 170 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.76 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.08 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.64 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.87 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.25 #b2551c Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4daae3  rgb(77, 170, 227)  hsl(203, 73%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#e3864d  rgb(227, 134, 77)  hsl(23, 73%, 60%)  Raw Sienna
#e34daa  rgb(227, 77, 170)  hsl(323, 73%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#aae34d  rgb(170, 227, 77)  hsl(83, 73%, 60%)  Inchworm