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#4792C8

#4792c8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4792c8 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 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.5% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 205.12°, with 53.97% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.21:1 (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 luminance0.2607

Complementary

  1. #4792c8
  2. #c87d47

Split complementary

  1. #4792c8
  2. #c84752
  3. #c8be47

Analogous

  1. #47c8be
  2. #4792c8
  3. #4752c8

Triadic

  1. #4792c8
  2. #c84792
  3. #92c847

Tetradic

  1. #4792c8
  2. #7d47c8
  3. #c87d47
  4. #92c847

Square

  1. #4792c8
  2. #be47c8
  3. #c87d47
  4. #52c847

Monochromatic

  1. #1b405b
  2. #2d6a96
  3. #4792c8
  4. #82b5da
  5. #bdd8eb

Shades

#4792c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4792c8
  2. #4083b4
  3. #3975a0
  4. #32668c
  5. #2b5878
  6. #244964
  7. #1c3a50
  8. #152c3c
  9. #0e1d28
  10. #070f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4792c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4792c8
  2. #599dce
  3. #6ca8d3
  4. #7eb3d9
  5. #91bede
  6. #a3c9e4
  7. #b5d3e9
  8. #c8deef
  9. #dae9f4
  10. #edf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4792c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4792c8
  2. #4d90c1
  3. #528eba
  4. #588db2
  5. #5e8bab
  6. #6489a4
  7. #69879d
  8. #6f8596
  9. #75848e
  10. #7a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #768ea7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a93ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6886c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6992c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d8bc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4792c8 {
  color: #4792c8;
}
Background
.bg-4792c8 {
  background-color: #4792c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4792c8 {
  border: 2px solid #4792c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4792c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 146 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 54% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4792c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4792c8, #4752c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4792c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 146 200 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.67 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.77 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.32 #b86d37 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4792c8  rgb(71, 146, 200)  hsl(205, 54%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#c87d47  rgb(200, 125, 71)  hsl(25, 54%, 53%)  Raw Sienna
#c84792  rgb(200, 71, 146)  hsl(325, 54%, 53%)  Mulberry
#92c847  rgb(146, 200, 71)  hsl(85, 54%, 53%)  Yellow Green