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#4EA2E6

#4ea2e6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea2e6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 63.53% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.09% cyan, 29.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 206.84°, with 75.25% saturation and 60.39% 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 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.74.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3317

Complementary

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #e6924e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #e64e56
  3. #e6de4e

Analogous

  1. #4ee6de
  2. #4ea2e6
  3. #4e56e6

Triadic

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #e64ea2
  3. #a2e64e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #924ee6
  3. #e6924e
  4. #a2e64e

Square

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #de4ee6
  3. #e6924e
  4. #56e64e

Monochromatic

  1. #135488
  2. #1d7dcb
  3. #4ea2e6
  4. #91c5ef
  5. #d4e8f9

Shades

#4ea2e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #4692cf
  3. #3e82b8
  4. #3771a1
  5. #2f618a
  6. #275173
  7. #1f415c
  8. #173145
  9. #10202e
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea2e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #60abe9
  3. #71b5eb
  4. #83beee
  5. #95c7f0
  6. #a7d1f3
  7. #b8daf5
  8. #cae3f8
  9. #dcecfa
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea2e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea2e6
  2. #539fdc
  3. #589bd2
  4. #5d98c7
  5. #6294bd
  6. #6791b3
  7. #6c8ea9
  8. #718a9f
  9. #768794
  10. #7b838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849ebe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a4e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f95e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a3e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639be5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00accd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea2e6 {
  color: #4ea2e6;
}
Background
.bg-4ea2e6 {
  background-color: #4ea2e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea2e6 {
  border: 2px solid #4ea2e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea2e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 162 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 75% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea2e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea2e6, #4e56e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea2e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 162 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.38 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.30 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.13 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.06 #b15d19 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea2e6  rgb(78, 162, 230)  hsl(207, 75%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#e6924e  rgb(230, 146, 78)  hsl(27, 75%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#e64ea2  rgb(230, 78, 162)  hsl(327, 75%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a2e64e  rgb(162, 230, 78)  hsl(87, 75%, 60%)  Inchworm