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#4FA8D1

#4fa8d1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa8d1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 65.88% green and 81.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.2% cyan, 19.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.04% black. Its hue angle is 198.92°, with 58.56% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.61.

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Relative luminance0.3427

Complementary

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #d1784f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #d14f67
  3. #d1b94f

Analogous

  1. #4fd1b9
  2. #4fa8d1
  3. #4f67d1

Triadic

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #d14fa8
  3. #a8d14f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #784fd1
  3. #d1784f
  4. #a8d14f

Square

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #b94fd1
  3. #d1784f
  4. #67d14f

Monochromatic

  1. #1c526b
  2. #2c81a8
  3. #4fa8d1
  4. #8cc6e1
  5. #c8e4f1

Shades

#4fa8d1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #4797bc
  3. #3f86a7
  4. #377692
  5. #2f657d
  6. #285469
  7. #204354
  8. #18323f
  9. #10222a
  10. #081115
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa8d1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #61b1d6
  3. #72b9da
  4. #84c2df
  5. #95cbe3
  6. #a7d4e8
  7. #b9dced
  8. #cae5f1
  9. #dceef6
  10. #edf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa8d1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa8d1
  2. #54a4c9
  3. #59a0c1
  4. #5e9cb9
  5. #6398b1
  6. #6894a9
  7. #6c90a0
  8. #718c98
  9. #768890
  10. #7b8488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a2b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a6d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8198d0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea7d2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #709fd1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0cafc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa8d1 {
  color: #4fa8d1;
}
Background
.bg-4fa8d1 {
  background-color: #4fa8d1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa8d1 {
  border: 2px solid #4fa8d1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa8d1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 168 209;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 59% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa8d1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa8d1, #4f67d1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa8d1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 168 209 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.61 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.56 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.24 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.09 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.30 #b0572e Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa8d1  rgb(79, 168, 209)  hsl(199, 59%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#d1784f  rgb(209, 120, 79)  hsl(19, 59%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#d14fa8  rgb(209, 79, 168)  hsl(319, 59%, 56%)  Mulberry
#a8d14f  rgb(168, 209, 79)  hsl(79, 59%, 56%)  Yellow Green