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#4FA4CA

#4fa4ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4fa4ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 64.31% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.89% cyan, 18.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 198.54°, with 53.71% saturation and 55.1% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.68.

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Relative luminance0.3248

Complementary

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #ca754f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #ca4f67
  3. #cab34f

Analogous

  1. #4fcab3
  2. #4fa4ca
  3. #4f67ca

Triadic

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #ca4fa4
  3. #a4ca4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #754fca
  3. #ca754f
  4. #a4ca4f

Square

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #b34fca
  3. #ca754f
  4. #67ca4f

Monochromatic

  1. #1e4d62
  2. #2f7b9d
  3. #4fa4ca
  4. #8ac2dc
  5. #c5e1ed

Shades

#4fa4ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #4794b6
  3. #3f83a2
  4. #37738d
  5. #2f6279
  6. #285265
  7. #204251
  8. #18313d
  9. #102128
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa4ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #61adcf
  3. #72b6d5
  4. #84bfda
  5. #95c8df
  6. #a7d2e5
  7. #b9dbea
  8. #cae4ef
  9. #dcedf4
  10. #edf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa4ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa4ca
  2. #54a0c3
  3. #599dbb
  4. #5e99b4
  5. #6396ac
  6. #6892a5
  7. #6c8e9e
  8. #718b96
  9. #76878f
  10. #7b8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #839eaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a2cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f95c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ca3cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f9bca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #19aabb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa4ca {
  color: #4fa4ca;
}
Background
.bg-4fa4ca {
  background-color: #4fa4ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa4ca {
  border: 2px solid #4fa4ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa4ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 164 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa4ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa4ca, #4f67ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa4ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 164 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.21 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.89 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.36 #b05b35 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa4ca  rgb(79, 164, 202)  hsl(199, 54%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ca754f  rgb(202, 117, 79)  hsl(19, 54%, 55%)  Burnt Sienna
#ca4fa4  rgb(202, 79, 164)  hsl(319, 54%, 55%)  Mulberry
#a4ca4f  rgb(164, 202, 79)  hsl(79, 54%, 55%)  Yellow Green