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#4E9FC6

#4e9fc6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e9fc6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 62.35% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.61% cyan, 19.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 199.5°, 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.97.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3049

Complementary

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #c6754e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #c64e63
  3. #c6b14e

Analogous

  1. #4ec6b1
  2. #4e9fc6
  3. #4e63c6

Triadic

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #c64e9f
  3. #9fc64e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #754ec6
  3. #c6754e
  4. #9fc64e

Square

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #b14ec6
  3. #c6754e
  4. #63c64e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e495d
  2. #317697
  3. #4e9fc6
  4. #88bed9
  5. #c2deeb

Shades

#4e9fc6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #468fb2
  3. #3e7f9e
  4. #376f8b
  5. #2f5f77
  6. #275063
  7. #1f404f
  8. #17303b
  9. #102028
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9fc6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #60a9cc
  3. #71b2d1
  4. #83bcd7
  5. #95c5dd
  6. #a7cfe3
  7. #b8d9e8
  8. #cae2ee
  9. #dcecf4
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9fc6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9fc6
  2. #539cbf
  3. #5899b8
  4. #5d96b1
  5. #6293aa
  6. #6790a3
  7. #6c8c9c
  8. #718995
  9. #76868e
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9aab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c9dc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b91c5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #789ec7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c97c6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1ca5b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9fc6 {
  color: #4e9fc6;
}
Background
.bg-4e9fc6 {
  background-color: #4e9fc6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9fc6 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9fc6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9fc6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 159 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 51% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9fc6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9fc6, #4e63c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9fc6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 159 198 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.51 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.72 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.65 #b16039 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9fc6  rgb(78, 159, 198)  hsl(200, 51%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#c6754e  rgb(198, 117, 78)  hsl(20, 51%, 54%)  Raw Sienna
#c64e9f  rgb(198, 78, 159)  hsl(320, 51%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9fc64e  rgb(159, 198, 78)  hsl(80, 51%, 54%)  Yellow Green