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#4FA9EB

#4fa9eb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa9eb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 66.27% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.38% cyan, 28.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 205.38°, with 79.59% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.3604

Complementary

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #eb914f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #eb4f5b
  3. #ebdf4f

Analogous

  1. #4febdf
  2. #4fa9eb
  3. #4f5beb

Triadic

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #eb4fa9
  3. #a9eb4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #914feb
  3. #eb914f
  4. #a9eb4f

Square

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #df4feb
  3. #eb914f
  4. #5beb4f

Monochromatic

  1. #105a91
  2. #1885d5
  3. #4fa9eb
  4. #94cbf3
  5. #d8ecfb

Shades

#4fa9eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #4798d4
  3. #3f87bc
  4. #3776a5
  5. #2f658d
  6. #285576
  7. #20445e
  8. #183347
  9. #10222f
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa9eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #61b2ed
  3. #72baef
  4. #84c3f1
  5. #95cbf3
  6. #a7d4f5
  7. #b9ddf7
  8. #cae5f9
  9. #dceefb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa9eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa9eb
  2. #54a5e0
  3. #59a1d6
  4. #5e9dcb
  5. #6399c0
  6. #6895b6
  7. #6c90ab
  8. #718ca0
  9. #768895
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a5c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8baaee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769bea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78aaed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a1ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa9eb {
  color: #4fa9eb;
}
Background
.bg-4fa9eb {
  background-color: #4fa9eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa9eb {
  border: 2px solid #4fa9eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa9eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 169 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 80% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa9eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa9eb, #4f5beb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa9eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 169 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.95 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.02 #b05614 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa9eb  rgb(79, 169, 235)  hsl(205, 80%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#eb914f  rgb(235, 145, 79)  hsl(25, 80%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#eb4fa9  rgb(235, 79, 169)  hsl(325, 80%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a9eb4f  rgb(169, 235, 79)  hsl(85, 80%, 62%)  Inchworm