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#4EAEF5

#4eaef5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaef5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 68.24% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.16% cyan, 28.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 205.51°, with 89.3% saturation and 63.33% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.09.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3848

Complementary

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #f5954e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #f54e5a
  3. #f5e84e

Analogous

  1. #4ef5e8
  2. #4eaef5
  3. #4e5af5

Triadic

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #f54eae
  3. #aef54e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #954ef5
  3. #f5954e
  4. #aef54e

Square

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #e84ef5
  3. #f5954e
  4. #5af54e

Monochromatic

  1. #0960a1
  2. #0d8ce9
  3. #4eaef5
  4. #96cff9
  5. #dff0fd

Shades

#4eaef5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #469ddd
  3. #3e8bc4
  4. #377aac
  5. #2f6893
  6. #27577b
  7. #1f4662
  8. #17344a
  9. #102331
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaef5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #60b6f6
  3. #71bef7
  4. #83c6f8
  5. #95cef9
  6. #a7d7fa
  7. #b8dffb
  8. #cae7fc
  9. #dceffd
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaef5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaef5
  2. #53a9e9
  3. #58a5de
  4. #5da0d2
  5. #629cc6
  6. #6797bb
  7. #6c92af
  8. #718ea3
  9. #768997
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caacb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eb0f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #77a0f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79aff7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69a6f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaef5 {
  color: #4eaef5;
}
Background
.bg-4eaef5 {
  background-color: #4eaef5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaef5 {
  border: 2px solid #4eaef5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaef5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 174 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 89% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaef5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaef5, #4e5af5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaef5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 174 245 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.73 #b1510a Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaef5  rgb(78, 174, 245)  hsl(206, 89%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#f5954e  rgb(245, 149, 78)  hsl(26, 89%, 63%)  Sandy Brown
#f54eae  rgb(245, 78, 174)  hsl(326, 89%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#aef54e  rgb(174, 245, 78)  hsl(86, 89%, 63%)  Inchworm