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#4EACDC

#4eacdc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eacdc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 67.45% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.55% cyan, 21.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 200.28°, with 66.98% saturation and 58.43% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.3629

Complementary

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #dc7e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #dc4e65
  3. #dcc54e

Analogous

  1. #4edcc5
  2. #4eacdc
  3. #4e65dc

Triadic

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #dc4eac
  3. #acdc4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #7e4edc
  3. #dc7e4e
  4. #acdc4e

Square

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #c54edc
  3. #dc7e4e
  4. #65dc4e

Monochromatic

  1. #185879
  2. #2587b9
  3. #4eacdc
  4. #8ecae9
  5. #cee8f5

Shades

#4eacdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #469bc6
  3. #3e8ab0
  4. #37789a
  5. #2f6784
  6. #27566e
  7. #1f4558
  8. #173442
  9. #10222c
  10. #081116
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eacdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #60b4e0
  3. #71bde3
  4. #83c5e7
  5. #95cdea
  6. #a7d6ee
  7. #b8def1
  8. #cae6f5
  9. #dceef8
  10. #edf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eacdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eacdc
  2. #53a8d3
  3. #58a3ca
  4. #5d9fc0
  5. #629ab7
  6. #6796ae
  7. #6c92a5
  8. #718d9c
  9. #768992
  10. #7b8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a6bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95aade ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #819cdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7eabdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #70a3dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eacdc {
  color: #4eacdc;
}
Background
.bg-4eacdc {
  background-color: #4eacdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eacdc {
  border: 2px solid #4eacdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eacdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 172 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 67% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eacdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eacdc, #4e65dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eacdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 172 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.50 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.00 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.37 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.05 #b15323 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eacdc  rgb(78, 172, 220)  hsl(200, 67%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#dc7e4e  rgb(220, 126, 78)  hsl(20, 67%, 58%)  Raw Sienna
#dc4eac  rgb(220, 78, 172)  hsl(320, 67%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#acdc4e  rgb(172, 220, 78)  hsl(80, 67%, 58%)  June Bud