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#4EA2E9

#4ea2e9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea2e9 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 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.52% cyan, 30.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 207.48°, with 77.89% saturation and 60.98% 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 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.16.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3334

Complementary

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #e9954e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #e94e55
  3. #e9e24e

Analogous

  1. #4ee9e2
  2. #4ea2e9
  3. #4e55e9

Triadic

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #e94ea2
  3. #a2e94e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #954ee9
  3. #e9954e
  4. #a2e94e

Square

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #e24ee9
  3. #e9954e
  4. #55e94e

Monochromatic

  1. #11548d
  2. #1a7dd1
  3. #4ea2e9
  4. #92c6f1
  5. #d6eafa

Shades

#4ea2e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #4692d2
  3. #3e82ba
  4. #3771a3
  5. #2f618c
  6. #275175
  7. #1f415d
  8. #173146
  9. #10202f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea2e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #60abeb
  3. #71b5ed
  4. #83bef0
  5. #95c7f2
  6. #a7d1f4
  7. #b8daf6
  8. #cae3f8
  9. #dcecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea2e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea2e9
  2. #539fdf
  3. #589bd4
  4. #5d98ca
  5. #6294bf
  6. #6791b5
  7. #6c8eaa
  8. #718aa0
  9. #768795
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a4ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a3eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #629be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00accf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea2e9 {
  color: #4ea2e9;
}
Background
.bg-4ea2e9 {
  background-color: #4ea2e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea2e9 {
  border: 2px solid #4ea2e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea2e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 162 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 78% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea2e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea2e9, #4e55e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea2e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 162 233 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.07 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.68 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.02 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.09 #b15d16 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea2e9  rgb(78, 162, 233)  hsl(207, 78%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#e9954e  rgb(233, 149, 78)  hsl(27, 78%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#e94ea2  rgb(233, 78, 162)  hsl(327, 78%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2e94e  rgb(162, 233, 78)  hsl(87, 78%, 61%)  Inchworm