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#4E9FE8

#4e9fe8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e9fe8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 62.35% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.38% cyan, 31.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 208.44°, with 77% saturation and 60.78% 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 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3224

Complementary

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #e8974e

Split complementary

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #e84e52
  3. #e8e44e

Analogous

  1. #4ee8e4
  2. #4e9fe8
  3. #4e52e8

Triadic

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #e84e9f
  3. #9fe84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #974ee8
  3. #e8974e
  4. #9fe84e

Square

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #e44ee8
  3. #e8974e
  4. #52e84e

Monochromatic

  1. #12528b
  2. #1b79cf
  3. #4e9fe8
  4. #92c4f1
  5. #d5e8fa

Shades

#4e9fe8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #468fd1
  3. #3e7fba
  4. #376fa2
  5. #2f5f8b
  6. #275074
  7. #1f405d
  8. #173046
  9. #10202e
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e9fe8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #60a9ea
  3. #71b2ed
  4. #83bcef
  5. #95c5f1
  6. #a7cff4
  7. #b8d9f6
  8. #cae2f8
  9. #dcecfa
  10. #edf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e9fe8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e9fe8
  2. #539cde
  3. #5899d3
  4. #5d96c9
  5. #6293be
  6. #6790b4
  7. #6c8caa
  8. #71899f
  9. #768695
  10. #7b838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829cbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa2eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6993e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ea1ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6098e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aace ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e9fe8 {
  color: #4e9fe8;
}
Background
.bg-4e9fe8 {
  background-color: #4e9fe8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e9fe8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e9fe8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e9fe8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 159 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 77% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e9fe8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e9fe8, #4e52e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e9fe8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 159 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.73 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.10 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.04 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.99 #b16017 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e9fe8  rgb(78, 159, 232)  hsl(208, 77%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#e8974e  rgb(232, 151, 78)  hsl(28, 77%, 61%)  Sandy Brown
#e84e9f  rgb(232, 78, 159)  hsl(328, 77%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#9fe84e  rgb(159, 232, 78)  hsl(88, 77%, 61%)  Inchworm