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#4E9EC3

#4e9ec3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e9ec3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 61.96% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 198.97°, with 49.37% saturation and 53.53% 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 7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3001

Complementary

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #c3734e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #c34e64
  3. #c3ad4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec3ad
  2. #4e9ec3
  3. #4e64c3

Triadic

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #c34e9e
  3. #9ec34e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #734ec3
  3. #c3734e
  4. #9ec34e

Square

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #ad4ec3
  3. #c3734e
  4. #64c34e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e475a
  2. #327493
  3. #4e9ec3
  4. #87bdd6
  5. #c0ddea

Shades

#4e9ec3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #468eb0
  3. #3e7e9c
  4. #376f89
  5. #2f5f75
  6. #274f62
  7. #1f3f4e
  8. #172f3b
  9. #102027
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9ec3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #60a8c9
  3. #71b1cf
  4. #83bbd5
  5. #95c5db
  6. #a7cfe1
  7. #b8d8e7
  8. #cae2ed
  9. #dcecf3
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9ec3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9ec3
  2. #539bbc
  3. #5898b6
  4. #5d95af
  5. #6292a8
  6. #678fa2
  7. #6c8c9b
  8. #718994
  9. #76868d
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f99a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9cc5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b90c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #789dc4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c96c3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1fa4b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9ec3 {
  color: #4e9ec3;
}
Background
.bg-4e9ec3 {
  background-color: #4e9ec3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9ec3 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9ec3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9ec3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 158 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 49% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9ec3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9ec3, #4e64c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9ec3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 158 195 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.53 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.52 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.69 #b1613c Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9ec3  rgb(78, 158, 195)  hsl(199, 49%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#c3734e  rgb(195, 115, 78)  hsl(19, 49%, 54%)  Burnt Sienna
#c34e9e  rgb(195, 78, 158)  hsl(319, 49%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ec34e  rgb(158, 195, 78)  hsl(79, 49%, 54%)  Yellow Green