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#4E95C7

#4e95c7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e95c7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 58.43% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.8% cyan, 25.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.79°, with 51.93% saturation and 54.31% 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 6.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.52.

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Relative luminance0.2724

Complementary

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #c7804e

Split complementary

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #c74e58
  3. #c7bc4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec7bc
  2. #4e95c7
  3. #4e58c7

Triadic

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #c74e95
  3. #95c74e

Tetradic

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #804ec7
  3. #c7804e
  4. #95c74e

Square

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #bc4ec7
  3. #c7804e
  4. #58c74e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e445e
  2. #306d98
  3. #4e95c7
  4. #88b8d9
  5. #c2dbec

Shades

#4e95c7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #4686b3
  3. #3e779f
  4. #37688b
  5. #2f5977
  6. #274b64
  7. #1f3c50
  8. #172d3c
  9. #101e28
  10. #080f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e95c7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #60a0cd
  3. #71aad2
  4. #83b5d8
  5. #95bfdd
  6. #a7cae3
  7. #b8d5e9
  8. #cadfee
  9. #dceaf4
  10. #edf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e95c7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e95c7
  2. #5393c0
  3. #5891b9
  4. #5d8fb2
  5. #628dab
  6. #678ba4
  7. #6c889c
  8. #718695
  9. #76848e
  10. #7b8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a91a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f95c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e89c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e95c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #638ec6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1e9db4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e95c7 {
  color: #4e95c7;
}
Background
.bg-4e95c7 {
  background-color: #4e95c7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e95c7 {
  border: 2px solid #4e95c7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e95c7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 149 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 52% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e95c7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e95c7, #4e58c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e95c7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 149 199 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.52 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.46 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.27 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.40 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.70 #b16a38 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e95c7  rgb(78, 149, 199)  hsl(205, 52%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#c7804e  rgb(199, 128, 78)  hsl(25, 52%, 54%)  Raw Sienna
#c74e95  rgb(199, 78, 149)  hsl(325, 52%, 54%)  Mulberry
#95c74e  rgb(149, 199, 78)  hsl(85, 52%, 54%)  Yellow Green