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#4E9CC6

#4e9cc6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e9cc6 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 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.61% cyan, 21.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 201°, with 51.28% saturation and 54.12% 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 6.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.11.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2947

Complementary

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #c6784e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #c64e60
  3. #c6b44e

Analogous

  1. #4ec6b4
  2. #4e9cc6
  3. #4e60c6

Triadic

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #c64e9c
  3. #9cc64e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #784ec6
  3. #c6784e
  4. #9cc64e

Square

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #b44ec6
  3. #c6784e
  4. #60c64e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e475d
  2. #317397
  3. #4e9cc6
  4. #88bcd9
  5. #c2ddeb

Shades

#4e9cc6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #468cb2
  3. #3e7d9e
  4. #376d8b
  5. #2f5e77
  6. #274e63
  7. #1f3e4f
  8. #172f3b
  9. #101f28
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9cc6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #60a6cc
  3. #71b0d1
  4. #83bad7
  5. #95c4dd
  6. #a7cee3
  7. #b8d7e8
  8. #cae1ee
  9. #dcebf4
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9cc6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9cc6
  2. #5399bf
  3. #5896b8
  4. #5d94b1
  5. #6291aa
  6. #678ea3
  7. #6c8b9c
  8. #718895
  9. #76868e
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e97aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889bc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #778ec5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #759bc7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6994c6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1da3b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9cc6 {
  color: #4e9cc6;
}
Background
.bg-4e9cc6 {
  background-color: #4e9cc6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9cc6 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9cc6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9cc6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 156 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 51% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9cc6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9cc6, #4e60c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9cc6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 156 198 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.79 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.52 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.90 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.97 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.04 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.38 #b16339 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9cc6  rgb(78, 156, 198)  hsl(201, 51%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#c6784e  rgb(198, 120, 78)  hsl(21, 51%, 54%)  Raw Sienna
#c64e9c  rgb(198, 78, 156)  hsl(321, 51%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9cc64e  rgb(156, 198, 78)  hsl(81, 51%, 54%)  Yellow Green