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#4FA8D2

#4fa8d2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa8d2 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 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.38% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 199.24°, with 59.28% saturation and 56.67% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.37.

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Relative luminance0.3432

Complementary

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #d2794f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #d24f67
  3. #d2bb4f

Analogous

  1. #4fd2bb
  2. #4fa8d2
  3. #4f67d2

Triadic

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #d24fa8
  3. #a8d24f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #794fd2
  3. #d2794f
  4. #a8d24f

Square

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #bb4fd2
  3. #d2794f
  4. #67d24f

Monochromatic

  1. #1c526c
  2. #2b81a9
  3. #4fa8d2
  4. #8cc6e2
  5. #c9e4f1

Shades

#4fa8d2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #4797bd
  3. #3f86a8
  4. #377693
  5. #2f657e
  6. #285469
  7. #204354
  8. #18323f
  9. #10222a
  10. #081115
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa8d2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #61b1d7
  3. #72b9db
  4. #84c2e0
  5. #95cbe4
  6. #a7d4e9
  7. #b9dced
  8. #cae5f2
  9. #dceef6
  10. #edf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa8d2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa8d2
  2. #54a4ca
  3. #59a0c2
  4. #5e9cb9
  5. #6398b1
  6. #6894a9
  7. #6c90a1
  8. #718c99
  9. #768890
  10. #7b8488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a2b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a6d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8198d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da7d3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #709fd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0aafc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa8d2 {
  color: #4fa8d2;
}
Background
.bg-4fa8d2 {
  background-color: #4fa8d2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa8d2 {
  border: 2px solid #4fa8d2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa8d2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 168 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 59% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa8d2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa8d2, #4f67d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa8d2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 168 210 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.37 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.72 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.45 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.41 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.93 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.31 #b0572d Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa8d2  rgb(79, 168, 210)  hsl(199, 59%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#d2794f  rgb(210, 121, 79)  hsl(19, 59%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#d24fa8  rgb(210, 79, 168)  hsl(319, 59%, 57%)  Mulberry
#a8d24f  rgb(168, 210, 79)  hsl(79, 59%, 57%)  Yellow Green