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#4EA7DA

#4ea7da ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea7da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 65.49% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.22% cyan, 23.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 201.86°, with 65.42% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3432

Complementary

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #da814e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #da4e61
  3. #dac74e

Analogous

  1. #4edac7
  2. #4ea7da
  3. #4e61da

Triadic

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #da4ea7
  3. #a7da4e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #814eda
  3. #da814e
  4. #a7da4e

Square

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #c74eda
  3. #da814e
  4. #61da4e

Monochromatic

  1. #195476
  2. #2681b6
  3. #4ea7da
  4. #8dc6e7
  5. #cde6f4

Shades

#4ea7da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #4696c4
  3. #3e86ae
  4. #377599
  5. #2f6483
  6. #27546d
  7. #1f4357
  8. #173241
  9. #10212c
  10. #081116
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea7da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #60b0de
  3. #71b9e1
  4. #83c1e5
  5. #95cae9
  6. #a7d3ed
  7. #b8dcf0
  8. #cae5f4
  9. #dcedf8
  10. #edf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea7da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea7da
  2. #53a3d1
  3. #589fc8
  4. #5d9bbf
  5. #6297b6
  6. #6794ad
  7. #6c90a4
  8. #718c9b
  9. #768892
  10. #7b8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a2b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa6dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c98d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aa6db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c9ed9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea7da {
  color: #4ea7da;
}
Background
.bg-4ea7da {
  background-color: #4ea7da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea7da {
  border: 2px solid #4ea7da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea7da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 167 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 65% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea7da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea7da, #4e61da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea7da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 167 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.64 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.14 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.98 #b15825 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea7da  rgb(78, 167, 218)  hsl(202, 65%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#da814e  rgb(218, 129, 78)  hsl(22, 65%, 58%)  Raw Sienna
#da4ea7  rgb(218, 78, 167)  hsl(322, 65%, 58%)  Mulberry
#a7da4e  rgb(167, 218, 78)  hsl(82, 65%, 58%)  Yellow Green