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#4FA1EB

#4fa1eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa1eb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 63.14% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.38% cyan, 31.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 208.46°, with 79.59% saturation and 61.57% 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 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3315

Complementary

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #eb994f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #eb4f53
  3. #ebe74f

Analogous

  1. #4febe7
  2. #4fa1eb
  3. #4f53eb

Triadic

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #eb4fa1
  3. #a1eb4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #994feb
  3. #eb994f
  4. #a1eb4f

Square

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #e74feb
  3. #eb994f
  4. #53eb4f

Monochromatic

  1. #105491
  2. #187cd5
  3. #4fa1eb
  4. #94c6f3
  5. #d8eafb

Shades

#4fa1eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #4791d4
  3. #3f81bc
  4. #3771a5
  5. #2f618d
  6. #285176
  7. #20405e
  8. #183047
  9. #10202f
  10. #081018
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa1eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #61aaed
  3. #72b4ef
  4. #84bdf1
  5. #95c7f3
  6. #a7d0f5
  7. #b9d9f7
  8. #cae3f9
  9. #dcecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa1eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa1eb
  2. #549ee0
  3. #599ad6
  4. #5e97cb
  5. #6394c0
  6. #6891b6
  7. #6c8dab
  8. #718aa0
  9. #768795
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849ec1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a4ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b95ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a3ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #619aea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa1eb {
  color: #4fa1eb;
}
Background
.bg-4fa1eb {
  background-color: #4fa1eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa1eb {
  border: 2px solid #4fa1eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa1eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 161 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 80% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa1eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa1eb, #4f53eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa1eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 161 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.56 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.12 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.42 #b05e14 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa1eb  rgb(79, 161, 235)  hsl(208, 80%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#eb994f  rgb(235, 153, 79)  hsl(28, 80%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#eb4fa1  rgb(235, 79, 161)  hsl(328, 80%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a1eb4f  rgb(161, 235, 79)  hsl(88, 80%, 62%)  Inchworm