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#4E9CC4

#4e9cc4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e9cc4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 61.18% green and 76.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.2% cyan, 20.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 200.34°, with 50% saturation and 53.73% 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 6.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.65.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2938

Complementary

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #c4764e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #c44e61
  3. #c4b14e

Analogous

  1. #4ec4b1
  2. #4e9cc4
  3. #4e61c4

Triadic

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #c44e9c
  3. #9cc44e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #764ec4
  3. #c4764e
  4. #9cc44e

Square

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #b14ec4
  3. #c4764e
  4. #61c44e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e465b
  2. #317394
  3. #4e9cc4
  4. #87bcd7
  5. #c1dcea

Shades

#4e9cc4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #468cb0
  3. #3e7d9d
  4. #376d89
  5. #2f5e76
  6. #274e62
  7. #1f3e4e
  8. #172f3b
  9. #101f27
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9cc4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #60a6ca
  3. #71b0d0
  4. #83bad6
  5. #95c4dc
  6. #a7cee2
  7. #b8d7e7
  8. #cae1ed
  9. #dcebf3
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9cc4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9cc4
  2. #5399bd
  3. #5896b6
  4. #5d94b0
  5. #6291a9
  6. #678ea2
  7. #6c8b9b
  8. #718894
  9. #76868e
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d97a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #899ac6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #788ec3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #769bc5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a94c4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1fa3b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9cc4 {
  color: #4e9cc4;
}
Background
.bg-4e9cc4 {
  background-color: #4e9cc4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9cc4 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9cc4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9cc4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 156 196;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 50% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9cc4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9cc4, #4e61c4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9cc4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 156 196 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.25 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.50 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.59 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.67 #b1633b Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9cc4  rgb(78, 156, 196)  hsl(200, 50%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#c4764e  rgb(196, 118, 78)  hsl(20, 50%, 54%)  Raw Sienna
#c44e9c  rgb(196, 78, 156)  hsl(320, 50%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9cc44e  rgb(156, 196, 78)  hsl(80, 50%, 54%)  Yellow Green