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#4EAAED

#4eaaed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaaed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 66.67% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.09% cyan, 28.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 205.28°, with 81.54% saturation and 61.76% 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 8.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.86.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3648

Complementary

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #ed914e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #ed4e5a
  3. #ede04e

Analogous

  1. #4eede0
  2. #4eaaed
  3. #4e5aed

Triadic

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #ed4eaa
  3. #aaed4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #914eed
  3. #ed914e
  4. #aaed4e

Square

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #e04eed
  3. #ed914e
  4. #5aed4e

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5b93
  2. #1687d8
  3. #4eaaed
  4. #93cbf4
  5. #d9edfb

Shades

#4eaaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #4699d5
  3. #3e88be
  4. #3777a6
  5. #2f668e
  6. #275577
  7. #1f445f
  8. #173347
  9. #10222f
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #60b3ef
  3. #71bbf1
  4. #83c4f2
  5. #95ccf4
  6. #a7d5f6
  7. #b8ddf8
  8. #cae6fa
  9. #dceefb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaaed
  2. #53a6e2
  3. #58a2d7
  4. #5d9dcc
  5. #6299c1
  6. #6795b7
  7. #6c91ac
  8. #718da1
  9. #768896
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cabf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769cec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78abef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a2ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaaed {
  color: #4eaaed;
}
Background
.bg-4eaaed {
  background-color: #4eaaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaaed {
  border: 2px solid #4eaaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 170 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaaed, #4e5aed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 170 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.84 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.15 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.24 #b15512 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaaed  rgb(78, 170, 237)  hsl(205, 82%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ed914e  rgb(237, 145, 78)  hsl(25, 82%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#ed4eaa  rgb(237, 78, 170)  hsl(325, 82%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aaed4e  rgb(170, 237, 78)  hsl(85, 82%, 62%)  Inchworm