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#4DAEED

#4daeed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4daeed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 68.24% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.51% cyan, 26.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 203.63°, with 81.63% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3796

Complementary

  1. #4daeed
  2. #ed8c4d

Split complementary

  1. #4daeed
  2. #ed4d5e
  3. #eddc4d

Analogous

  1. #4deddc
  2. #4daeed
  3. #4d5eed

Triadic

  1. #4daeed
  2. #ed4dae
  3. #aeed4d

Tetradic

  1. #4daeed
  2. #8c4ded
  3. #ed8c4d
  4. #aeed4d

Square

  1. #4daeed
  2. #dc4ded
  3. #ed8c4d
  4. #5eed4d

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5e92
  2. #168bd8
  3. #4daeed
  4. #92cef4
  5. #d8edfb

Shades

#4daeed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4daeed
  2. #459dd5
  3. #3e8bbe
  4. #367aa6
  5. #2e688e
  6. #275777
  7. #1f465f
  8. #173447
  9. #0f232f
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4daeed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4daeed
  2. #5fb6ef
  3. #71bef1
  4. #82c6f2
  5. #94cef4
  6. #a6d7f6
  7. #b8dff8
  8. #cae7fa
  9. #dbeffb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4daeed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4daeed
  2. #52a9e2
  3. #57a5d7
  4. #5ca0cc
  5. #619cc1
  6. #6797b7
  7. #6c92ac
  8. #718ea1
  9. #768996
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aef0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9fec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7baeef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca5ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4daeed {
  color: #4daeed;
}
Background
.bg-4daeed {
  background-color: #4daeed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4daeed {
  border: 2px solid #4daeed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4daeed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 174 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4daeed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4daeed, #4d5eed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4daeed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 174 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.64 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.46 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.26 #b25112 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4daeed  rgb(77, 174, 237)  hsl(204, 82%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ed8c4d  rgb(237, 140, 77)  hsl(24, 82%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#ed4dae  rgb(237, 77, 174)  hsl(324, 82%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aeed4d  rgb(174, 237, 77)  hsl(84, 82%, 62%)  Inchworm