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#4591C3

#4591c3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4591c3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 56.86% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.62% cyan, 25.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 203.81°, with 51.22% saturation and 51.76% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2546

Complementary

  1. #4591c3
  2. #c37745

Split complementary

  1. #4591c3
  2. #c34552
  3. #c3b645

Analogous

  1. #45c3b6
  2. #4591c3
  3. #4552c3

Triadic

  1. #4591c3
  2. #c34591
  3. #91c345

Tetradic

  1. #4591c3
  2. #7745c3
  3. #c37745
  4. #91c345

Square

  1. #4591c3
  2. #b645c3
  3. #c37745
  4. #52c345

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3d54
  2. #2e688e
  3. #4591c3
  4. #7fb3d6
  5. #b9d5e8

Shades

#4591c3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4591c3
  2. #3e83b0
  3. #37749c
  4. #306689
  5. #295775
  6. #234962
  7. #1c3a4e
  8. #152c3b
  9. #0e1d27
  10. #070f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4591c3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4591c3
  2. #589cc9
  3. #6aa7cf
  4. #7db2d5
  5. #8fbddb
  6. #a2c8e1
  7. #b5d3e7
  8. #c7deed
  9. #dae9f3
  10. #ecf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4591c3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4591c3
  2. #4b8fbc
  3. #518eb6
  4. #578caf
  5. #5d8aa8
  6. #6389a2
  7. #68879b
  8. #6e8594
  9. #74838d
  10. #7a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #758da4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a91c5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6985c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009da2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6991c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d8ac2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4591c3 {
  color: #4591c3;
}
Background
.bg-4591c3 {
  background-color: #4591c3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4591c3 {
  border: 2px solid #4591c3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4591c3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 145 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 51% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4591c3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4591c3, #4552c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4591c3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 145 195 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.55 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #ba6e3c Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4591c3  rgb(69, 145, 195)  hsl(204, 51%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#c37745  rgb(195, 119, 69)  hsl(24, 51%, 52%)  Copper
#c34591  rgb(195, 69, 145)  hsl(324, 51%, 52%)  Mulberry
#91c345  rgb(145, 195, 69)  hsl(84, 51%, 52%)  Yellow Green