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#4E9CC8

#4e9cc8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e9cc8 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 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 201.64°, with 52.59% saturation and 54.51% 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 6.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.61.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2957

Complementary

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #c87a4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #c84e5f
  3. #c8b74e

Analogous

  1. #4ec8b7
  2. #4e9cc8
  3. #4e5fc8

Triadic

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #c84e9c
  3. #9cc84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #7a4ec8
  3. #c87a4e
  4. #9cc84e

Square

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #b74ec8
  3. #c87a4e
  4. #5fc84e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e485f
  2. #30749a
  3. #4e9cc8
  4. #88bdda
  5. #c3ddec

Shades

#4e9cc8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #468cb4
  3. #3e7da0
  4. #376d8c
  5. #2f5e78
  6. #274e64
  7. #1f3e50
  8. #172f3c
  9. #101f28
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9cc8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #60a6ce
  3. #71b0d3
  4. #83bad9
  5. #95c4de
  6. #a7cee4
  7. #b8d7e9
  8. #cae1ef
  9. #dcebf4
  10. #edf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9cc8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9cc8
  2. #5399c1
  3. #5896ba
  4. #5d94b2
  5. #6291ab
  6. #678ea4
  7. #6c8b9d
  8. #718896
  9. #76868e
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e97ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #879bca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #768ec7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #759bc9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6994c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1aa3b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9cc8 {
  color: #4e9cc8;
}
Background
.bg-4e9cc8 {
  background-color: #4e9cc8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9cc8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9cc8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9cc8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 156 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 53% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9cc8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9cc8, #4e5fc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9cc8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 156 200 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.81 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.00 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.90 #b16337 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9cc8  rgb(78, 156, 200)  hsl(202, 53%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#c87a4e  rgb(200, 122, 78)  hsl(22, 53%, 55%)  Raw Sienna
#c84e9c  rgb(200, 78, 156)  hsl(322, 53%, 55%)  Mulberry
#9cc84e  rgb(156, 200, 78)  hsl(82, 53%, 55%)  Yellow Green