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#4792C7

#4792c7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4792c7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 57.25% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.32% cyan, 26.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 204.84°, with 53.33% saturation and 52.94% 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 6.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.55.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2602

Complementary

  1. #4792c7
  2. #c77c47

Split complementary

  1. #4792c7
  2. #c74752
  3. #c7bc47

Analogous

  1. #47c7bc
  2. #4792c7
  3. #4752c7

Triadic

  1. #4792c7
  2. #c74792
  3. #92c747

Tetradic

  1. #4792c7
  2. #7c47c7
  3. #c77c47
  4. #92c747

Square

  1. #4792c7
  2. #bc47c7
  3. #c77c47
  4. #52c747

Monochromatic

  1. #1b405a
  2. #2d6a94
  3. #4792c7
  4. #82b5d9
  5. #bcd7eb

Shades

#4792c7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4792c7
  2. #4083b3
  3. #39759f
  4. #32668b
  5. #2b5877
  6. #244964
  7. #1c3a50
  8. #152c3c
  9. #0e1d28
  10. #070f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4792c7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4792c7
  2. #599dcd
  3. #6ca8d2
  4. #7eb3d8
  5. #91bedd
  6. #a3c9e3
  7. #b5d3e9
  8. #c8deee
  9. #dae9f4
  10. #edf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4792c7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4792c7
  2. #4d90c0
  3. #528eb9
  4. #588db2
  5. #5e8bab
  6. #6489a4
  7. #69879c
  8. #6f8595
  9. #75848e
  10. #7a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #768ea7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a93c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6986c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6992c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d8bc6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4792c7 {
  color: #4792c7;
}
Background
.bg-4792c7 {
  background-color: #4792c7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4792c7 {
  border: 2px solid #4792c7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4792c7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 146 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 53% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4792c7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4792c7, #4752c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4792c7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 146 199 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.87 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.74 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.77 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.04 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.35 #b86d38 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4792c7  rgb(71, 146, 199)  hsl(205, 53%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#c77c47  rgb(199, 124, 71)  hsl(25, 53%, 53%)  Raw Sienna
#c74792  rgb(199, 71, 146)  hsl(325, 53%, 53%)  Mulberry
#92c747  rgb(146, 199, 71)  hsl(85, 53%, 53%)  Yellow Green