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#4E9CE0

#4e9ce0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e9ce0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 61.18% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.18% cyan, 30.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 207.95°, with 70.19% saturation and 59.22% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.06.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3078

Complementary

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #e0924e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #e04e53
  3. #e0db4e

Analogous

  1. #4ee0db
  2. #4e9ce0
  3. #4e53e0

Triadic

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #e04e9c
  3. #9ce04e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #924ee0
  3. #e0924e
  4. #9ce04e

Square

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #db4ee0
  3. #e0924e
  4. #53e04e

Monochromatic

  1. #164e7f
  2. #2276c0
  3. #4e9ce0
  4. #8fc0eb
  5. #d0e5f7

Shades

#4e9ce0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #468cca
  3. #3e7db3
  4. #376d9d
  5. #2f5e86
  6. #274e70
  7. #1f3e5a
  8. #172f43
  9. #101f2d
  10. #081016
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9ce0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #60a6e3
  3. #71b0e6
  4. #83bae9
  5. #95c4ec
  6. #a7cef0
  7. #b8d7f3
  8. #cae1f6
  9. #dcebf9
  10. #edf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9ce0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9ce0
  2. #5399d6
  3. #5896cd
  4. #5d94c3
  5. #6291ba
  6. #678eb0
  7. #6c8ba6
  8. #71889d
  9. #768693
  10. #7b838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8099b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9ee3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a90df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9de2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6095df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9ce0 {
  color: #4e9ce0;
}
Background
.bg-4e9ce0 {
  background-color: #4e9ce0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9ce0 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9ce0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9ce0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 156 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 70% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9ce0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9ce0, #4e53e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9ce0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 156 224 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.28 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.10 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.15 #b1631f Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9ce0  rgb(78, 156, 224)  hsl(208, 70%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#e0924e  rgb(224, 146, 78)  hsl(28, 70%, 59%)  Persian Orange
#e04e9c  rgb(224, 78, 156)  hsl(328, 70%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#9ce04e  rgb(156, 224, 78)  hsl(88, 70%, 59%)  Inchworm