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#4EAAF3

#4eaaf3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaaf3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 66.67% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.9% cyan, 30.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 206.55°, with 87.3% saturation and 62.94% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3684

Complementary

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #f3974e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #f34e57
  3. #f3ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ef3ea
  2. #4eaaf3
  3. #4e57f3

Triadic

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #f34eaa
  3. #aaf34e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #974ef3
  3. #f3974e
  4. #aaf34e

Square

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #ea4ef3
  3. #f3974e
  4. #57f34e

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5c9d
  2. #1087e5
  3. #4eaaf3
  4. #96ccf8
  5. #ddeffd

Shades

#4eaaf3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #4699db
  3. #3e88c2
  4. #3777aa
  5. #2f6692
  6. #27557a
  7. #1f4461
  8. #173349
  9. #102231
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaaf3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #60b3f4
  3. #71bbf5
  4. #83c4f7
  5. #95ccf8
  6. #a7d5f9
  7. #b8ddfa
  8. #cae6fb
  9. #dceefd
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaaf3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaaf3
  2. #53a6e8
  3. #58a2dc
  4. #5d9dd1
  5. #6299c5
  6. #6795ba
  7. #6c91ae
  8. #718da3
  9. #768897
  10. #7b848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a6c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89acf6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #729cf2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76abf5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #66a2f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaaf3 {
  color: #4eaaf3;
}
Background
.bg-4eaaf3 {
  background-color: #4eaaf3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaaf3 {
  border: 2px solid #4eaaf3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaaf3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 170 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 87% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaaf3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaaf3, #4e57f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaaf3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 170 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.96 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.61 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.88 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.03 #b1550c Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaaf3  rgb(78, 170, 243)  hsl(207, 87%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#f3974e  rgb(243, 151, 78)  hsl(27, 87%, 63%)  Sandy Brown
#f34eaa  rgb(243, 78, 170)  hsl(327, 87%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#aaf34e  rgb(170, 243, 78)  hsl(87, 87%, 63%)  Inchworm