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#4FA4EA

#4fa4ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa4ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 64.31% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.24% cyan, 29.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.1°, with 78.68% saturation and 61.37% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.2.

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Relative luminance0.3415

Complementary

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #ea954f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #ea4f56
  3. #eae34f

Analogous

  1. #4feae3
  2. #4fa4ea
  3. #4f56ea

Triadic

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #ea4fa4
  3. #a4ea4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #954fea
  3. #ea954f
  4. #a4ea4f

Square

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #e34fea
  3. #ea954f
  4. #56ea4f

Monochromatic

  1. #11568f
  2. #197fd3
  3. #4fa4ea
  4. #93c7f2
  5. #d8ebfa

Shades

#4fa4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #4794d3
  3. #3f83bb
  4. #3773a4
  5. #2f628c
  6. #285275
  7. #20425e
  8. #183146
  9. #10212f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #61adec
  3. #72b6ee
  4. #84bff0
  5. #95c8f2
  6. #a7d2f5
  7. #b9dbf7
  8. #cae4f9
  9. #dcedfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa4ea
  2. #54a0df
  3. #599dd5
  4. #5e99ca
  5. #6396c0
  6. #6892b5
  7. #6c8eaa
  8. #718ba0
  9. #768795
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7097e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73a5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #649de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aed0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa4ea {
  color: #4fa4ea;
}
Background
.bg-4fa4ea {
  background-color: #4fa4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa4ea {
  border: 2px solid #4fa4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 164 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa4ea, #4f56ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 164 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.38 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.50 #b05b15 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa4ea  rgb(79, 164, 234)  hsl(207, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea954f  rgb(234, 149, 79)  hsl(27, 79%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#ea4fa4  rgb(234, 79, 164)  hsl(327, 79%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a4ea4f  rgb(164, 234, 79)  hsl(87, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm