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#4FAADF

#4faadf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4faadf 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.57% cyan, 23.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 202.08°, with 69.23% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.33.

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Relative luminance0.3574

Complementary

  1. #4faadf
  2. #df844f

Split complementary

  1. #4faadf
  2. #df4f62
  3. #dfcc4f

Analogous

  1. #4fdfcc
  2. #4faadf
  3. #4f62df

Triadic

  1. #4faadf
  2. #df4faa
  3. #aadf4f

Tetradic

  1. #4faadf
  2. #844fdf
  3. #df844f
  4. #aadf4f

Square

  1. #4faadf
  2. #cc4fdf
  3. #df844f
  4. #62df4f

Monochromatic

  1. #17587e
  2. #2385bf
  3. #4faadf
  4. #90c9eb
  5. #d0e9f7

Shades

#4faadf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4faadf
  2. #4799c9
  3. #3f88b2
  4. #37779c
  5. #2f6686
  6. #285570
  7. #204459
  8. #183343
  9. #10222d
  10. #081116
  11. #000000

Tints

#4faadf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4faadf
  2. #61b3e2
  3. #72bbe5
  4. #84c4e9
  5. #95ccec
  6. #a7d5ef
  7. #b9ddf2
  8. #cae6f5
  9. #dceef9
  10. #edf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4faadf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4faadf
  2. #54a6d6
  3. #59a2cc
  4. #5e9dc3
  5. #6399b9
  6. #6895b0
  7. #6c91a6
  8. #718d9d
  9. #768893
  10. #7b848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a5bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a9e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d9bde ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7caae0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ea1de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4faadf {
  color: #4faadf;
}
Background
.bg-4faadf {
  background-color: #4faadf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4faadf {
  border: 2px solid #4faadf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4faadf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 170 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4faadf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4faadf, #4f62df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4faadf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 170 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.23 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.35 #b05520 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4faadf  rgb(79, 170, 223)  hsl(202, 69%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#df844f  rgb(223, 132, 79)  hsl(22, 69%, 59%)  Raw Sienna
#df4faa  rgb(223, 79, 170)  hsl(322, 69%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#aadf4f  rgb(170, 223, 79)  hsl(82, 69%, 59%)  Inchworm