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#4EA8EA

#4ea8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 205.38°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.33.

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Relative luminance0.3557

Complementary

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #ea904e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #ea4e5a
  3. #eade4e

Analogous

  1. #4eeade
  2. #4ea8ea
  3. #4e5aea

Triadic

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #ea4ea8
  3. #a8ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #904eea
  3. #ea904e
  4. #a8ea4e

Square

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #de4eea
  3. #ea904e
  4. #5aea4e

Monochromatic

  1. #11598e
  2. #1984d3
  3. #4ea8ea
  4. #92caf2
  5. #d7ebfa

Shades

#4ea8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #4697d3
  3. #3e86bb
  4. #3776a4
  5. #2f658c
  6. #275475
  7. #1f435e
  8. #173246
  9. #10222f
  10. #081117
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #60b1ec
  3. #71b9ee
  4. #83c2f0
  5. #95cbf2
  6. #a7d4f5
  7. #b8dcf7
  8. #cae5f9
  9. #dceefb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #53a4df
  3. #58a0d5
  4. #5d9cca
  5. #6298c0
  6. #6794b5
  7. #6c90aa
  8. #718ca0
  9. #768895
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a4c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a0e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea8ea {
  color: #4ea8ea;
}
Background
.bg-4ea8ea {
  background-color: #4ea8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea8ea {
  border: 2px solid #4ea8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea8ea, #4e5aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.19 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.75 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.03 #b15715 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea8ea  rgb(78, 168, 234)  hsl(205, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea904e  rgb(234, 144, 78)  hsl(25, 79%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#ea4ea8  rgb(234, 78, 168)  hsl(325, 79%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a8ea4e  rgb(168, 234, 78)  hsl(85, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm