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#4EACEA

#4eacea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eacea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 26.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.85°, 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 8.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3707

Complementary

  1. #4eacea
  2. #ea8c4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eacea
  2. #ea4e5e
  3. #eada4e

Analogous

  1. #4eeada
  2. #4eacea
  3. #4e5eea

Triadic

  1. #4eacea
  2. #ea4eac
  3. #acea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eacea
  2. #8c4eea
  3. #ea8c4e
  4. #acea4e

Square

  1. #4eacea
  2. #da4eea
  3. #ea8c4e
  4. #5eea4e

Monochromatic

  1. #115c8e
  2. #1989d3
  3. #4eacea
  4. #92ccf2
  5. #d7ecfa

Shades

#4eacea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eacea
  2. #469bd3
  3. #3e8abb
  4. #3778a4
  5. #2f678c
  6. #275675
  7. #1f455e
  8. #173446
  9. #10222f
  10. #081117
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eacea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eacea
  2. #60b4ec
  3. #71bdee
  4. #83c5f0
  5. #95cdf2
  6. #a7d6f5
  7. #b8def7
  8. #cae6f9
  9. #dceefb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eacea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eacea
  2. #53a8df
  3. #58a3d5
  4. #5d9fca
  5. #629ac0
  6. #6796b5
  7. #6c92aa
  8. #718da0
  9. #768995
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa7c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aced ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9de9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7bacec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ba3e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eacea {
  color: #4eacea;
}
Background
.bg-4eacea {
  background-color: #4eacea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eacea {
  border: 2px solid #4eacea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eacea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 172 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eacea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eacea, #4e5eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eacea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 172 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.44 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.74 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.89 #b15315 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eacea  rgb(78, 172, 234)  hsl(204, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8c4e  rgb(234, 140, 78)  hsl(24, 79%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#ea4eac  rgb(234, 78, 172)  hsl(324, 79%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#acea4e  rgb(172, 234, 78)  hsl(84, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm