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#4EAFF9

#4eaff9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaff9 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 68.63% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.67% cyan, 29.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 205.96°, 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.56.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3912

Complementary

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #f9984e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #f94e5a
  3. #f9ed4e

Analogous

  1. #4ef9ed
  2. #4eaff9
  3. #4e5af9

Triadic

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #f94eaf
  3. #aff94e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #984ef9
  3. #f9984e
  4. #aff94e

Square

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #ed4ef9
  3. #f9984e
  4. #5af94e

Monochromatic

  1. #0662a8
  2. #088df2
  3. #4eaff9
  4. #98d0fc
  5. #e2f2fe

Shades

#4eaff9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #469ee0
  3. #3e8cc7
  4. #377bae
  5. #2f6995
  6. #27587d
  7. #1f4664
  8. #17354b
  9. #102332
  10. #081219
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaff9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #60b7fa
  3. #71bffa
  4. #83c7fb
  5. #95cffb
  6. #a7d7fc
  7. #b8dffd
  8. #cae7fd
  9. #dceffe
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaff9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaff9
  2. #53aaed
  3. #58a6e1
  4. #5da1d5
  5. #629cc9
  6. #6798bd
  7. #6c93b0
  8. #718ea4
  9. #768998
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dabcd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eb1fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #76a1f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79b0fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a7f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bade ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaff9 {
  color: #4eaff9;
}
Background
.bg-4eaff9 {
  background-color: #4eaff9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaff9 {
  border: 2px solid #4eaff9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaff9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 175 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 93% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaff9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaff9, #4e5af9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaff9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 175 249 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.72 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.14 #b15006 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaff9  rgb(78, 175, 249)  hsl(206, 93%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#f9984e  rgb(249, 152, 78)  hsl(26, 93%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#f94eaf  rgb(249, 78, 175)  hsl(326, 93%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#aff94e  rgb(175, 249, 78)  hsl(86, 93%, 64%)  Green Yellow