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#4EACF4

#4eacf4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eacf4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 67.45% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.03% cyan, 29.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 206.02°, with 88.3% saturation and 63.14% 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 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.74.

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Relative luminance0.3766

Complementary

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #f4964e

Split complementary

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #f44e59
  3. #f4e94e

Analogous

  1. #4ef4e9
  2. #4eacf4
  3. #4e59f4

Triadic

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #f44eac
  3. #acf44e

Tetradic

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #964ef4
  3. #f4964e
  4. #acf44e

Square

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #e94ef4
  3. #f4964e
  4. #59f44e

Monochromatic

  1. #0a5e9f
  2. #0e89e7
  3. #4eacf4
  4. #96cef8
  5. #def0fd

Shades

#4eacf4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #469bdc
  3. #3e8ac3
  4. #3778ab
  5. #2f6792
  6. #27567a
  7. #1f4562
  8. #173449
  9. #102231
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eacf4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #60b4f5
  3. #71bdf6
  4. #83c5f7
  5. #95cdf8
  6. #a7d6fa
  7. #b8defb
  8. #cae6fc
  9. #dceefd
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eacf4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eacf4
  2. #53a8e8
  3. #58a3dd
  4. #5d9fd1
  5. #629ac6
  6. #6796ba
  7. #6c92ae
  8. #718da3
  9. #768997
  10. #7b848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba8ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8caef7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ef3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78adf6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a4f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eacf4 {
  color: #4eacf4;
}
Background
.bg-4eacf4 {
  background-color: #4eacf4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eacf4 {
  border: 2px solid #4eacf4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eacf4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 172 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 88% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eacf4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eacf4, #4e59f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eacf4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 172 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.37 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.51 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.63 #b1530b Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eacf4  rgb(78, 172, 244)  hsl(206, 88%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#f4964e  rgb(244, 150, 78)  hsl(26, 88%, 63%)  Sandy Brown
#f44eac  rgb(244, 78, 172)  hsl(326, 88%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#acf44e  rgb(172, 244, 78)  hsl(86, 88%, 63%)  Inchworm