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#4FA7D0

#4fa7d0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa7d0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 65.49% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.02% cyan, 19.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 199.07°, with 57.85% saturation and 56.27% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.4.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3385

Complementary

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #d0784f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #d04f66
  3. #d0b84f

Analogous

  1. #4fd0b8
  2. #4fa7d0
  3. #4f66d0

Triadic

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #d04fa7
  3. #a7d04f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #784fd0
  3. #d0784f
  4. #a7d04f

Square

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #b84fd0
  3. #d0784f
  4. #66d04f

Monochromatic

  1. #1c516a
  2. #2c7fa6
  3. #4fa7d0
  4. #8bc5e0
  5. #c8e3f0

Shades

#4fa7d0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #4796bb
  3. #3f86a6
  4. #377592
  5. #2f647d
  6. #285468
  7. #204353
  8. #18323e
  9. #10212a
  10. #081115
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa7d0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #61b0d5
  3. #72b9d9
  4. #84c1de
  5. #95cae3
  6. #a7d3e8
  7. #b9dcec
  8. #cae5f1
  9. #dcedf6
  10. #edf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa7d0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa7d0
  2. #54a3c8
  3. #599fc0
  4. #5e9bb8
  5. #6397b0
  6. #6894a8
  7. #6c90a0
  8. #718c98
  9. #768890
  10. #7b8488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a1b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a5d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8097cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da6d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #709ed0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0faec0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa7d0 {
  color: #4fa7d0;
}
Background
.bg-4fa7d0 {
  background-color: #4fa7d0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa7d0 {
  border: 2px solid #4fa7d0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa7d0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 167 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 58% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa7d0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa7d0, #4f66d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa7d0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 167 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.40 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.81 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.80 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.07 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.28 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.01 #b0582f Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa7d0  rgb(79, 167, 208)  hsl(199, 58%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#d0784f  rgb(208, 120, 79)  hsl(19, 58%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#d04fa7  rgb(208, 79, 167)  hsl(319, 58%, 56%)  Mulberry
#a7d04f  rgb(167, 208, 79)  hsl(79, 58%, 56%)  Yellow Green