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#4FAEF8

#4faef8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4faef8 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 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.15% cyan, 29.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 206.27°, with 92.35% saturation and 64.12% 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 8.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3871

Complementary

  1. #4faef8
  2. #f8994f

Split complementary

  1. #4faef8
  2. #f84f5a
  3. #f8ed4f

Analogous

  1. #4ff8ed
  2. #4faef8
  3. #4f5af8

Triadic

  1. #4faef8
  2. #f84fae
  3. #aef84f

Tetradic

  1. #4faef8
  2. #994ff8
  3. #f8994f
  4. #aef84f

Square

  1. #4faef8
  2. #ed4ff8
  3. #f8994f
  4. #5af84f

Monochromatic

  1. #0761a7
  2. #0a8cf1
  3. #4faef8
  4. #99d0fb
  5. #e2f2fe

Shades

#4faef8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4faef8
  2. #479ddf
  3. #3f8bc6
  4. #377aae
  5. #2f6895
  6. #28577c
  7. #204663
  8. #18344a
  9. #102332
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4faef8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4faef8
  2. #61b6f9
  3. #72bef9
  4. #84c6fa
  5. #95cefb
  6. #a7d7fc
  7. #b9dffc
  8. #cae7fd
  9. #dceffe
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4faef8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4faef8
  2. #54a9ec
  3. #59a5e0
  4. #5ea0d4
  5. #639cc8
  6. #6897bc
  7. #6c92b0
  8. #718ea4
  9. #768998
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caacd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8db0fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #75a0f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79affa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a6f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4faef8 {
  color: #4faef8;
}
Background
.bg-4faef8 {
  background-color: #4faef8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4faef8 {
  border: 2px solid #4faef8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4faef8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 174 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 92% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4faef8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4faef8, #4f5af8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4faef8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 174 248 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.85 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.79 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.92 #b05107 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4faef8  rgb(79, 174, 248)  hsl(206, 92%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#f8994f  rgb(248, 153, 79)  hsl(26, 92%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#f84fae  rgb(248, 79, 174)  hsl(326, 92%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#aef84f  rgb(174, 248, 79)  hsl(86, 92%, 64%)  Green Yellow