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#4FA7ED

#4fa7ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa7ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 29.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 206.58°, with 81.44% saturation and 61.96% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3541

Complementary

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #ed954f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #ed4f58
  3. #ede44f

Analogous

  1. #4fede4
  2. #4fa7ed
  3. #4f58ed

Triadic

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #ed4fa7
  3. #a7ed4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #954fed
  3. #ed954f
  4. #a7ed4f

Square

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #e44fed
  3. #ed954f
  4. #58ed4f

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5994
  2. #1683d9
  3. #4fa7ed
  4. #94caf4
  5. #daecfb

Shades

#4fa7ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #4796d5
  3. #3f86be
  4. #3775a6
  5. #2f648e
  6. #285477
  7. #20435f
  8. #183247
  9. #10212f
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa7ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #61b0ef
  3. #72b9f1
  4. #84c1f2
  5. #95caf4
  6. #a7d3f6
  7. #b9dcf8
  8. #cae5fa
  9. #dcedfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa7ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa7ed
  2. #54a3e2
  3. #599fd7
  4. #5e9bcc
  5. #6397c1
  6. #6894b7
  7. #6c90ac
  8. #718ca1
  9. #768896
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a3c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a9f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #729aec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a8ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #669fec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa7ed {
  color: #4fa7ed;
}
Background
.bg-4fa7ed {
  background-color: #4fa7ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa7ed {
  border: 2px solid #4fa7ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa7ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 167 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 81% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa7ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa7ed, #4f58ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa7ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 167 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.10 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.56 #b05812 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa7ed  rgb(79, 167, 237)  hsl(207, 81%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ed954f  rgb(237, 149, 79)  hsl(27, 81%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#ed4fa7  rgb(237, 79, 167)  hsl(327, 81%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a7ed4f  rgb(167, 237, 79)  hsl(87, 81%, 62%)  Inchworm