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#4E97BB

#4e97bb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e97bb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 59.22% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.29% cyan, 19.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 199.82°, with 44.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.15.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2734

Complementary

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #bb724e

Split complementary

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #bb4e60
  3. #bba94e

Analogous

  1. #4ebba9
  2. #4e97bb
  3. #4e60bb

Triadic

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #bb4e97
  3. #97bb4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #724ebb
  3. #bb724e
  4. #97bb4e

Square

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #a94ebb
  3. #bb724e
  4. #60bb4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4051
  2. #346c88
  3. #4e97bb
  4. #85b7d0
  5. #bdd8e5

Shades

#4e97bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #4688a8
  3. #3e7996
  4. #376a83
  5. #2f5b70
  6. #274c5e
  7. #1f3c4b
  8. #172d38
  9. #101e25
  10. #080f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e97bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #60a1c2
  3. #71acc9
  4. #83b6cf
  5. #95c1d6
  6. #a7cbdd
  7. #b8d5e4
  8. #cae0eb
  9. #dceaf1
  10. #edf5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e97bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e97bb
  2. #5395b5
  3. #5892af
  4. #5d90a9
  5. #628ea3
  6. #678c9e
  7. #6c8998
  8. #718792
  9. #76858c
  10. #7b8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a92a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8595bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #768aba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7396bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #688fbb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #279dad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e97bb {
  color: #4e97bb;
}
Background
.bg-4e97bb {
  background-color: #4e97bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e97bb {
  border: 2px solid #4e97bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e97bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 151 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e97bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e97bb, #4e60bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e97bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 151 187 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.38 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.40 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.70 #b16844 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e97bb  rgb(78, 151, 187)  hsl(200, 44%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#bb724e  rgb(187, 114, 78)  hsl(20, 44%, 52%)  Cafe au Lait
#bb4e97  rgb(187, 78, 151)  hsl(320, 44%, 52%)  Mulberry
#97bb4e  rgb(151, 187, 78)  hsl(80, 44%, 52%)  Apple Green