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#4EAEF6

#4eaef6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaef6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.29% cyan, 29.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 90.32% saturation and 63.53% 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 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3855

Complementary

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #f6964e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #f64e5a
  3. #f6ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ef6ea
  2. #4eaef6
  3. #4e5af6

Triadic

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #f64eae
  3. #aef64e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #964ef6
  3. #f6964e
  4. #aef64e

Square

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #ea4ef6
  3. #f6964e
  4. #5af64e

Monochromatic

  1. #0861a3
  2. #0c8cec
  3. #4eaef6
  4. #97cffa
  5. #e0f1fd

Shades

#4eaef6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #469ddd
  3. #3e8bc5
  4. #377aac
  5. #2f6894
  6. #27577b
  7. #1f4662
  8. #17344a
  9. #102331
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaef6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #60b6f7
  3. #71bef8
  4. #83c6f9
  5. #95cefa
  6. #a7d7fb
  7. #b8dffb
  8. #cae7fc
  9. #dceffd
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaef6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaef6
  2. #53a9ea
  3. #58a5de
  4. #5da0d3
  5. #629cc7
  6. #6797bb
  7. #6c92af
  8. #718ea3
  9. #768998
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caacb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8db0f9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #76a0f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79aff8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a6f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaef6 {
  color: #4eaef6;
}
Background
.bg-4eaef6 {
  background-color: #4eaef6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaef6 {
  border: 2px solid #4eaef6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaef6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 174 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 90% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaef6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaef6, #4e5af6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaef6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 174 246 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.48 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.86 #b15109 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaef6  rgb(78, 174, 246)  hsl(206, 90%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#f6964e  rgb(246, 150, 78)  hsl(26, 90%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#f64eae  rgb(246, 78, 174)  hsl(326, 90%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#aef64e  rgb(174, 246, 78)  hsl(86, 90%, 64%)  Inchworm