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#4EACF9

#4eacf9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eacf9 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 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.67% cyan, 30.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 207.02°, with 93.44% saturation and 64.12% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.2.

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Relative luminance0.3796

Complementary

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #f99b4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #f94e57
  3. #f9f14e

Analogous

  1. #4ef9f1
  2. #4eacf9
  3. #4e57f9

Triadic

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #f94eac
  3. #acf94e

Tetradic

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #9b4ef9
  3. #f99b4e
  4. #acf94e

Square

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #f14ef9
  3. #f99b4e
  4. #57f94e

Monochromatic

  1. #065fa8
  2. #0889f2
  3. #4eacf9
  4. #98cffc
  5. #e2f1fe

Shades

#4eacf9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #469be0
  3. #3e8ac7
  4. #3778ae
  5. #2f6795
  6. #27567d
  7. #1f4564
  8. #17344b
  9. #102232
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eacf9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #60b4fa
  3. #71bdfa
  4. #83c5fb
  5. #95cdfb
  6. #a7d6fc
  7. #b8defd
  8. #cae6fd
  9. #dceefe
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eacf9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eacf9
  2. #53a8ed
  3. #58a3e1
  4. #5d9fd5
  5. #629ac9
  6. #6796bd
  7. #6c92b0
  8. #718da4
  9. #768998
  10. #7b848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba8cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89affc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #729ef8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76aefb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65a4f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eacf9 {
  color: #4eacf9;
}
Background
.bg-4eacf9 {
  background-color: #4eacf9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eacf9 {
  border: 2px solid #4eacf9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eacf9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 172 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 93% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eacf9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eacf9, #4e57f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eacf9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 172 249 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.64 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.28 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.33 #b15306 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eacf9  rgb(78, 172, 249)  hsl(207, 93%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#f99b4e  rgb(249, 155, 78)  hsl(27, 93%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#f94eac  rgb(249, 78, 172)  hsl(327, 93%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#acf94e  rgb(172, 249, 78)  hsl(87, 93%, 64%)  Green Yellow