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#4FAADE

#4faade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4faade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 66.67% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.41% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 68.42% saturation and 59.02% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3569

Complementary

  1. #4faade
  2. #de834f

Split complementary

  1. #4faade
  2. #de4f62
  3. #decb4f

Analogous

  1. #4fdecb
  2. #4faade
  3. #4f62de

Triadic

  1. #4faade
  2. #de4faa
  3. #aade4f

Tetradic

  1. #4faade
  2. #834fde
  3. #de834f
  4. #aade4f

Square

  1. #4faade
  2. #cb4fde
  3. #de834f
  4. #62de4f

Monochromatic

  1. #17587d
  2. #2385bd
  3. #4faade
  4. #8fc9ea
  5. #d0e8f6

Shades

#4faade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4faade
  2. #4799c8
  3. #3f88b2
  4. #37779b
  5. #2f6685
  6. #28556f
  7. #204459
  8. #183343
  9. #10222c
  10. #081116
  11. #000000

Tints

#4faade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4faade
  2. #61b3e1
  3. #72bbe5
  4. #84c4e8
  5. #95cceb
  6. #a7d5ef
  7. #b9ddf2
  8. #cae6f5
  9. #dceef8
  10. #edf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4faade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4faade
  2. #54a6d5
  3. #59a2cb
  4. #5e9dc2
  5. #6399b8
  6. #6895af
  7. #6c91a6
  8. #718d9c
  9. #768893
  10. #7b8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a5bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a9e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e9bdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ca9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ea1dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4faade {
  color: #4faade;
}
Background
.bg-4faade {
  background-color: #4faade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4faade {
  border: 2px solid #4faade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4faade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 68% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4faade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4faade, #4f62de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4faade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.57 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.31 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.53 #b05521 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4faade  rgb(79, 170, 222)  hsl(202, 68%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#de834f  rgb(222, 131, 79)  hsl(22, 68%, 59%)  Raw Sienna
#de4faa  rgb(222, 79, 170)  hsl(322, 68%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aade4f  rgb(170, 222, 79)  hsl(82, 68%, 59%)  Inchworm