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#4FAEFA

#4faefa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4faefa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.4% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.67°, with 94.48% saturation and 64.51% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.52.

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Relative luminance0.3884

Complementary

  1. #4faefa
  2. #fa9b4f

Split complementary

  1. #4faefa
  2. #fa4f58
  3. #faf14f

Analogous

  1. #4ffaf1
  2. #4faefa
  3. #4f58fa

Triadic

  1. #4faefa
  2. #fa4fae
  3. #aefa4f

Tetradic

  1. #4faefa
  2. #9b4ffa
  3. #fa9b4f
  4. #aefa4f

Square

  1. #4faefa
  2. #f14ffa
  3. #fa9b4f
  4. #58fa4f

Monochromatic

  1. #0561ab
  2. #078bf6
  3. #4faefa
  4. #99d0fc
  5. #e4f2fe

Shades

#4faefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4faefa
  2. #479de1
  3. #3f8bc8
  4. #377aaf
  5. #2f6896
  6. #28577d
  7. #204664
  8. #18344b
  9. #102332
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4faefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4faefa
  2. #61b6fb
  3. #72befb
  4. #84c6fc
  5. #95cefc
  6. #a7d7fd
  7. #b9dffd
  8. #cae7fe
  9. #dceffe
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4faefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4faefa
  2. #54a9ee
  3. #59a5e2
  4. #5ea0d5
  5. #639cc9
  6. #6897bd
  7. #6c92b1
  8. #718ea5
  9. #768998
  10. #7b858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #74a0f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78affc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a6f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4faefa {
  color: #4faefa;
}
Background
.bg-4faefa {
  background-color: #4faefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4faefa {
  border: 2px solid #4faefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4faefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 174 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4faefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4faefa, #4f58fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4faefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 174 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.95 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.23 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.85 #b05105 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4faefa  rgb(79, 174, 250)  hsl(207, 94%, 65%)  Carolina Blue
#fa9b4f  rgb(250, 155, 79)  hsl(27, 94%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#fa4fae  rgb(250, 79, 174)  hsl(327, 94%, 65%)  Wild Strawberry
#aefa4f  rgb(174, 250, 79)  hsl(87, 94%, 65%)  Green Yellow