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#4FAAEF

#4faaef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4faaef is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 66.67% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.95% cyan, 28.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 205.88°, with 83.33% saturation and 62.35% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.05.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3664

Complementary

  1. #4faaef
  2. #ef944f

Split complementary

  1. #4faaef
  2. #ef4f5a
  3. #efe44f

Analogous

  1. #4fefe4
  2. #4faaef
  3. #4f5aef

Triadic

  1. #4faaef
  2. #ef4faa
  3. #aaef4f

Tetradic

  1. #4faaef
  2. #944fef
  3. #ef944f
  4. #aaef4f

Square

  1. #4faaef
  2. #e44fef
  3. #ef944f
  4. #5aef4f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5c97
  2. #1487dd
  3. #4faaef
  4. #95ccf5
  5. #dbeefc

Shades

#4faaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4faaef
  2. #4799d7
  3. #3f88bf
  4. #3777a7
  5. #2f668f
  6. #285578
  7. #204460
  8. #183348
  9. #102230
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4faaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4faaef
  2. #61b3f1
  3. #72bbf2
  4. #84c4f4
  5. #95ccf5
  6. #a7d5f7
  7. #b9ddf9
  8. #cae6fa
  9. #dceefc
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4faaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4faaef
  2. #54a6e4
  3. #59a2d9
  4. #5e9dce
  5. #6399c3
  6. #6895b8
  7. #6c91ac
  8. #718da1
  9. #768896
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a6c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bacf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759cee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78abf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a2ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4faaef {
  color: #4faaef;
}
Background
.bg-4faaef {
  background-color: #4faaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4faaef {
  border: 2px solid #4faaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4faaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 170 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4faaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4faaef, #4f5aef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4faaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 170 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.23 #b05510 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4faaef  rgb(79, 170, 239)  hsl(206, 83%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ef944f  rgb(239, 148, 79)  hsl(26, 83%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#ef4faa  rgb(239, 79, 170)  hsl(326, 83%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aaef4f  rgb(170, 239, 79)  hsl(86, 83%, 62%)  Inchworm