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#4EA8FA

#4ea8fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea8fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 65.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.8% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 208.6°, with 94.51% saturation and 64.31% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.05.

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Relative luminance0.3653

Complementary

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #faa04e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #fa4e52
  3. #faf64e

Analogous

  1. #4efaf6
  2. #4ea8fa
  3. #4e52fa

Triadic

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #fa4ea8
  3. #a8fa4e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #a04efa
  3. #faa04e
  4. #a8fa4e

Square

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #f64efa
  3. #faa04e
  4. #52fa4e

Monochromatic

  1. #055baa
  2. #0783f5
  3. #4ea8fa
  4. #98cdfc
  5. #e3f1fe

Shades

#4ea8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #4697e1
  3. #3e86c8
  4. #3776af
  5. #2f6596
  6. #27547d
  7. #1f4364
  8. #17324b
  9. #102232
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #60b1fb
  3. #71b9fb
  4. #83c2fc
  5. #95cbfc
  6. #a7d4fd
  7. #b8dcfd
  8. #cae5fe
  9. #dceefe
  10. #edf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea8fa
  2. #53a4ee
  3. #58a0e2
  4. #5d9cd5
  5. #6298c9
  6. #6794bd
  7. #6c90b1
  8. #718ca5
  9. #768898
  10. #7b848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a5cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83acfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9bf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72aafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea8fa {
  color: #4ea8fa;
}
Background
.bg-4ea8fa {
  background-color: #4ea8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea8fa {
  border: 2px solid #4ea8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 168 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea8fa, #4e52fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 168 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.69 #b15705 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea8fa  rgb(78, 168, 250)  hsl(209, 95%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#faa04e  rgb(250, 160, 78)  hsl(29, 95%, 64%)  Neon Carrot
#fa4ea8  rgb(250, 78, 168)  hsl(329, 95%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#a8fa4e  rgb(168, 250, 78)  hsl(89, 95%, 64%)  Green Yellow