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#4EA5EE

#4ea5ee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea5ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 64.71% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.23% cyan, 30.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 207.38°, with 82.47% saturation and 61.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.66.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.347

Complementary

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #ee974e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #ee4e55
  3. #eee74e

Analogous

  1. #4eeee7
  2. #4ea5ee
  3. #4e55ee

Triadic

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #ee4ea5
  3. #a5ee4e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #974eee
  3. #ee974e
  4. #a5ee4e

Square

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #e74eee
  3. #ee974e
  4. #55ee4e

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5795
  2. #1580db
  3. #4ea5ee
  4. #94c8f5
  5. #daecfb

Shades

#4ea5ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #4695d6
  3. #3e84be
  4. #3774a7
  5. #2f638f
  6. #275377
  7. #1f425f
  8. #173247
  9. #102130
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea5ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #60aef0
  3. #71b7f1
  4. #83c0f3
  5. #95c9f5
  6. #a7d2f7
  7. #b8dbf8
  8. #cae4fa
  9. #dcedfc
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea5ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea5ee
  2. #53a1e3
  3. #589ed8
  4. #5d9acd
  5. #6296c2
  6. #6793b7
  7. #6c8fac
  8. #718ba1
  9. #768796
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a1c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a8f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e98ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73a7f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639ded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea5ee {
  color: #4ea5ee;
}
Background
.bg-4ea5ee {
  background-color: #4ea5ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea5ee {
  border: 2px solid #4ea5ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea5ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 165 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea5ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea5ee, #4e55ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea5ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 165 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.79 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.43 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.27 #b15a11 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea5ee  rgb(78, 165, 238)  hsl(207, 82%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ee974e  rgb(238, 151, 78)  hsl(27, 82%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#ee4ea5  rgb(238, 78, 165)  hsl(327, 82%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a5ee4e  rgb(165, 238, 78)  hsl(87, 82%, 62%)  Inchworm