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#4FAEF9

#4faef9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4faef9 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 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.27% cyan, 30.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 206.47°, with 93.41% saturation and 64.31% 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 8.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.44.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3877

Complementary

  1. #4faef9
  2. #f99a4f

Split complementary

  1. #4faef9
  2. #f94f59
  3. #f9ef4f

Analogous

  1. #4ff9ef
  2. #4faef9
  3. #4f59f9

Triadic

  1. #4faef9
  2. #f94fae
  3. #aef94f

Tetradic

  1. #4faef9
  2. #9a4ff9
  3. #f99a4f
  4. #aef94f

Square

  1. #4faef9
  2. #ef4ff9
  3. #f99a4f
  4. #59f94f

Monochromatic

  1. #0661a9
  2. #088cf3
  3. #4faef9
  4. #99d0fc
  5. #e3f2fe

Shades

#4faef9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4faef9
  2. #479de0
  3. #3f8bc7
  4. #377aae
  5. #2f6895
  6. #28577d
  7. #204664
  8. #18344b
  9. #102332
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4faef9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4faef9
  2. #61b6fa
  3. #72befa
  4. #84c6fb
  5. #95cefb
  6. #a7d7fc
  7. #b9dffd
  8. #cae7fd
  9. #dceffe
  10. #edf7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4faef9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4faef9
  2. #54a9ed
  3. #59a5e1
  4. #5ea0d5
  5. #639cc9
  6. #6897bd
  7. #6c92b0
  8. #718ea4
  9. #768998
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caacd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb0fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #75a0f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78affb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a6f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4faef9 {
  color: #4faef9;
}
Background
.bg-4faef9 {
  background-color: #4faef9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4faef9 {
  border: 2px solid #4faef9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4faef9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 174 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 93% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4faef9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4faef9, #4f59f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4faef9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 174 249 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.92 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.99 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.28 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.88 #b05106 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4faef9  rgb(79, 174, 249)  hsl(206, 93%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#f99a4f  rgb(249, 154, 79)  hsl(26, 93%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#f94fae  rgb(249, 79, 174)  hsl(326, 93%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#aef94f  rgb(174, 249, 79)  hsl(86, 93%, 64%)  Green Yellow