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#4EACED

#4eaced ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaced 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.09% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 204.53°, 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 8.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.17.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3724

Complementary

  1. #4eaced
  2. #ed8f4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaced
  2. #ed4e5c
  3. #eddf4e

Analogous

  1. #4eeddf
  2. #4eaced
  3. #4e5ced

Triadic

  1. #4eaced
  2. #ed4eac
  3. #aced4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaced
  2. #8f4eed
  3. #ed8f4e
  4. #aced4e

Square

  1. #4eaced
  2. #df4eed
  3. #ed8f4e
  4. #5ced4e

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5d93
  2. #1689d8
  3. #4eaced
  4. #93cdf4
  5. #d9edfb

Shades

#4eaced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaced
  2. #469bd5
  3. #3e8abe
  4. #3778a6
  5. #2f678e
  6. #275677
  7. #1f455f
  8. #173447
  9. #10222f
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaced
  2. #60b4ef
  3. #71bdf1
  4. #83c5f2
  5. #95cdf4
  6. #a7d6f6
  7. #b8def8
  8. #cae6fa
  9. #dceefb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaced
  2. #53a8e2
  3. #58a3d7
  4. #5d9fcc
  5. #629ac1
  6. #6796b7
  7. #6c92ac
  8. #718da1
  9. #768996
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa7c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eadf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #799dec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aadef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa3ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaced {
  color: #4eaced;
}
Background
.bg-4eaced {
  background-color: #4eaced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaced {
  border: 2px solid #4eaced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 172 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaced, #4e5ced);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 172 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.88 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.96 #b15312 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaced  rgb(78, 172, 237)  hsl(205, 82%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ed8f4e  rgb(237, 143, 78)  hsl(25, 82%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#ed4eac  rgb(237, 78, 172)  hsl(325, 82%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aced4e  rgb(172, 237, 78)  hsl(85, 82%, 62%)  Inchworm