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#4FAEF0

#4faef0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4faef0 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 68.24% green and 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.08% cyan, 27.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 204.6°, with 84.29% saturation and 62.55% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3823

Complementary

  1. #4faef0
  2. #f0914f

Split complementary

  1. #4faef0
  2. #f04f5d
  3. #f0e24f

Analogous

  1. #4ff0e2
  2. #4faef0
  3. #4f5df0

Triadic

  1. #4faef0
  2. #f04fae
  3. #aef04f

Tetradic

  1. #4faef0
  2. #914ff0
  3. #f0914f
  4. #aef04f

Square

  1. #4faef0
  2. #e24ff0
  3. #f0914f
  4. #5df04f

Monochromatic

  1. #0d6099
  2. #138cdf
  3. #4faef0
  4. #95cef6
  5. #dceffc

Shades

#4faef0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4faef0
  2. #479dd8
  3. #3f8bc0
  4. #377aa8
  5. #2f6890
  6. #285778
  7. #204660
  8. #183448
  9. #102330
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4faef0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4faef0
  2. #61b6f2
  3. #72bef3
  4. #84c6f5
  5. #95cef6
  6. #a7d7f8
  7. #b9dff9
  8. #cae7fb
  9. #dceffc
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4faef0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4faef0
  2. #54a9e5
  3. #59a5da
  4. #5ea0ce
  5. #639cc3
  6. #6897b8
  7. #6c92ad
  8. #718ea2
  9. #768996
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ca9c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9fef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7baff2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ba5ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4faef0 {
  color: #4faef0;
}
Background
.bg-4faef0 {
  background-color: #4faef0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4faef0 {
  border: 2px solid #4faef0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4faef0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 174 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 84% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4faef0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4faef0, #4f5df0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4faef0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 174 240 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.24 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.80 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.07 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.87 #b0510f Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4faef0  rgb(79, 174, 240)  hsl(205, 84%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#f0914f  rgb(240, 145, 79)  hsl(25, 84%, 63%)  Cadmium Orange
#f04fae  rgb(240, 79, 174)  hsl(325, 84%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#aef04f  rgb(174, 240, 79)  hsl(85, 84%, 63%)  Inchworm