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#4E9DE3

#4e9de3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e9de3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 61.57% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.64% cyan, 30.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 208.19°, with 72.68% saturation and 59.8% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.2.

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Relative luminance0.3128

Complementary

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #e3944e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #e34e52
  3. #e3de4e

Analogous

  1. #4ee3de
  2. #4e9de3
  3. #4e52e3

Triadic

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #e34e9d
  3. #9de34e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #944ee3
  3. #e3944e
  4. #9de34e

Square

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #de4ee3
  3. #e3944e
  4. #52e34e

Monochromatic

  1. #154f83
  2. #1f77c5
  3. #4e9de3
  4. #90c2ed
  5. #d2e6f8

Shades

#4e9de3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #468dcc
  3. #3e7eb6
  4. #376e9f
  5. #2f5e88
  6. #274f72
  7. #1f3f5b
  8. #172f44
  9. #101f2d
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9de3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #60a7e6
  3. #71b1e9
  4. #83baeb
  5. #95c4ee
  6. #a7cef1
  7. #b8d8f4
  8. #cae2f7
  9. #dcebf9
  10. #edf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9de3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9de3
  2. #539ad9
  3. #5897cf
  4. #5d94c5
  5. #6291bb
  6. #678fb2
  7. #6c8ca8
  8. #71899e
  9. #768694
  10. #7b838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819abb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a91e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9fe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6096e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9de3 {
  color: #4e9de3;
}
Background
.bg-4e9de3 {
  background-color: #4e9de3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9de3 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9de3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9de3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 157 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 73% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9de3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9de3, #4e52e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9de3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 157 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.51 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.10 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.52 #b1621c Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9de3  rgb(78, 157, 227)  hsl(208, 73%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#e3944e  rgb(227, 148, 78)  hsl(28, 73%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#e34e9d  rgb(227, 78, 157)  hsl(328, 73%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#9de34e  rgb(157, 227, 78)  hsl(88, 73%, 60%)  Inchworm