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#4EADE9

#4eade9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eade9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 67.84% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.52% cyan, 25.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 203.23°, with 77.89% saturation and 60.98% 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 8.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.18.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3739

Complementary

  1. #4eade9
  2. #e98a4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eade9
  2. #e94e5f
  3. #e9d84e

Analogous

  1. #4ee9d8
  2. #4eade9
  3. #4e5fe9

Triadic

  1. #4eade9
  2. #e94ead
  3. #ade94e

Tetradic

  1. #4eade9
  2. #8a4ee9
  3. #e98a4e
  4. #ade94e

Square

  1. #4eade9
  2. #d84ee9
  3. #e98a4e
  4. #5fe94e

Monochromatic

  1. #115d8d
  2. #1a8ad1
  3. #4eade9
  4. #92cdf1
  5. #d6ecfa

Shades

#4eade9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eade9
  2. #469cd2
  3. #3e8aba
  4. #3779a3
  5. #2f688c
  6. #275775
  7. #1f455d
  8. #173446
  9. #10232f
  10. #081117
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eade9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eade9
  2. #60b5eb
  3. #71bded
  4. #83c6f0
  5. #95cef2
  6. #a7d6f4
  7. #b8def6
  8. #cae6f8
  9. #dceffb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eade9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eade9
  2. #53a9df
  3. #58a4d4
  4. #5da0ca
  5. #629bbf
  6. #6797b5
  7. #6c92aa
  8. #718ea0
  9. #768995
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa8c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91adec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9ee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7cadeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6da4e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eade9 {
  color: #4eade9;
}
Background
.bg-4eade9 {
  background-color: #4eade9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eade9 {
  border: 2px solid #4eade9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eade9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 173 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 78% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eade9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eade9, #4e5fe9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eade9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 173 233 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.19 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.25 #b15216 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eade9  rgb(78, 173, 233)  hsl(203, 78%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#e98a4e  rgb(233, 138, 78)  hsl(23, 78%, 61%)  Raw Sienna
#e94ead  rgb(233, 78, 173)  hsl(323, 78%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#ade94e  rgb(173, 233, 78)  hsl(83, 78%, 61%)  Inchworm