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#4DAEF4

#4daef4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4daef4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 68.24% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.44% cyan, 28.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 205.15°, with 88.36% saturation and 62.94% 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 8.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3838

Complementary

  1. #4daef4
  2. #f4934d

Split complementary

  1. #4daef4
  2. #f44d5a
  3. #f4e74d

Analogous

  1. #4df4e7
  2. #4daef4
  3. #4d5af4

Triadic

  1. #4daef4
  2. #f44dae
  3. #aef44d

Tetradic

  1. #4daef4
  2. #934df4
  3. #f4934d
  4. #aef44d

Square

  1. #4daef4
  2. #e74df4
  3. #f4934d
  4. #5af44d

Monochromatic

  1. #0a609e
  2. #0e8ce6
  3. #4daef4
  4. #95cff8
  5. #ddf0fd

Shades

#4daef4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4daef4
  2. #459ddc
  3. #3e8bc3
  4. #367aab
  5. #2e6892
  6. #27577a
  7. #1f4662
  8. #173449
  9. #0f2331
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4daef4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4daef4
  2. #5fb6f5
  3. #71bef6
  4. #82c6f7
  5. #94cef8
  6. #a6d7fa
  7. #b8dffb
  8. #cae7fc
  9. #dbeffd
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4daef4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4daef4
  2. #52a9e8
  3. #57a5dd
  4. #5ca0d1
  5. #619cc6
  6. #6797ba
  7. #6c92ae
  8. #718ea3
  9. #768997
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8baaca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eaff7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779ff3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79aff6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69a5f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4daef4 {
  color: #4daef4;
}
Background
.bg-4daef4 {
  background-color: #4daef4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4daef4 {
  border: 2px solid #4daef4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4daef4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 174 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 88% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4daef4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4daef4, #4d5af4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4daef4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 174 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.13 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.66 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.68 #b2510b Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4daef4  rgb(77, 174, 244)  hsl(205, 88%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#f4934d  rgb(244, 147, 77)  hsl(25, 88%, 63%)  Cadmium Orange
#f44dae  rgb(244, 77, 174)  hsl(325, 88%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#aef44d  rgb(174, 244, 77)  hsl(85, 88%, 63%)  Inchworm