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#41AFFE

#41affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#41affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.49% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.41% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 205.08°, with 98.95% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.3894

Complementary

  1. #41affe
  2. #fe9041

Split complementary

  1. #41affe
  2. #fe4151
  3. #feef41

Analogous

  1. #41feef
  2. #41affe
  3. #4151fe

Triadic

  1. #41affe
  2. #fe41af
  3. #affe41

Tetradic

  1. #41affe
  2. #9041fe
  3. #fe9041
  4. #affe41

Square

  1. #41affe
  2. #ef41fe
  3. #fe9041
  4. #51fe41

Monochromatic

  1. #0160a5
  2. #018df1
  3. #41affe
  4. #8dcffe
  5. #d9efff

Shades

#41affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #41affe
  2. #3b9ee5
  3. #348ccb
  4. #2e7bb2
  5. #276998
  6. #21587f
  7. #1a4666
  8. #14354c
  9. #0d2333
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#41affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #41affe
  2. #54b7fe
  3. #67bffe
  4. #7ac7fe
  5. #8dcffe
  6. #a0d7ff
  7. #b3dfff
  8. #c6e7ff
  9. #d9efff
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#41affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #41affe
  2. #47aaf1
  3. #4ea6e5
  4. #54a1d8
  5. #5a9ccc
  6. #6198bf
  7. #6793b2
  8. #6d8ea6
  9. #738999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aabd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #70a0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-41affe {
  color: #41affe;
}
Background
.bg-41affe {
  background-color: #41affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-41affe {
  border: 2px solid #41affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #41affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 65 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 99% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-41affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #41affe, #4151fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-41affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(65 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.86 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.70 #be5001 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#41affe  rgb(65, 175, 254)  hsl(205, 99%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#fe9041  rgb(254, 144, 65)  hsl(25, 99%, 63%)  Cadmium Orange
#fe41af  rgb(254, 65, 175)  hsl(325, 99%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe41  rgb(175, 254, 65)  hsl(85, 99%, 63%)  Green Yellow