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#4FA3EC

#4fa3ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa3ec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 63.92% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.53% cyan, 30.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 207.9°, with 80.51% saturation and 61.76% 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 7.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.52.

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Relative luminance0.3391

Complementary

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #ec984f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #ec4f54
  3. #ece64f

Analogous

  1. #4fece6
  2. #4fa3ec
  3. #4f54ec

Triadic

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #ec4fa3
  3. #a3ec4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #984fec
  3. #ec984f
  4. #a3ec4f

Square

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #e64fec
  3. #ec984f
  4. #54ec4f

Monochromatic

  1. #105692
  2. #177ed7
  3. #4fa3ec
  4. #94c7f3
  5. #d9ebfb

Shades

#4fa3ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #4793d4
  3. #3f82bd
  4. #3772a5
  5. #2f628e
  6. #285276
  7. #20415e
  8. #183147
  9. #10212f
  10. #081018
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa3ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #61acee
  3. #72b5f0
  4. #84bff2
  5. #95c8f4
  6. #a7d1f6
  7. #b9daf7
  8. #cae3f9
  9. #dcedfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa3ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa3ec
  2. #54a0e1
  3. #599cd6
  4. #5e99cc
  5. #6395c1
  6. #6892b6
  7. #6c8eab
  8. #718ba0
  9. #768796
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a0c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a6ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d97eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a5ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #629ceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa3ec {
  color: #4fa3ec;
}
Background
.bg-4fa3ec {
  background-color: #4fa3ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa3ec {
  border: 2px solid #4fa3ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa3ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 163 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 81% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa3ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa3ec, #4f54ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa3ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 163 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.76 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.12 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.83 #b05c13 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa3ec  rgb(79, 163, 236)  hsl(208, 81%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ec984f  rgb(236, 152, 79)  hsl(28, 81%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#ec4fa3  rgb(236, 79, 163)  hsl(328, 81%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a3ec4f  rgb(163, 236, 79)  hsl(88, 81%, 62%)  Inchworm