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#4E95BC

#4e95bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e95bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 58.43% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.51% cyan, 20.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 201.27°, with 45.08% saturation and 52.16% 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 6.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2675

Complementary

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #bc754e

Split complementary

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #bc4e5e
  3. #bcac4e

Analogous

  1. #4ebcac
  2. #4e95bc
  3. #4e5ebc

Triadic

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #bc4e95
  3. #95bc4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #754ebc
  3. #bc754e
  4. #95bc4e

Square

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #ac4ebc
  3. #bc754e
  4. #5ebc4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4052
  2. #346b89
  3. #4e95bc
  4. #86b6d1
  5. #bdd7e6

Shades

#4e95bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #4686a9
  3. #3e7796
  4. #376884
  5. #2f5971
  6. #274b5e
  7. #1f3c4b
  8. #172d38
  9. #101e26
  10. #080f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e95bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #60a0c3
  3. #71aac9
  4. #83b5d0
  5. #95bfd7
  6. #a7cade
  7. #b8d5e4
  8. #cadfeb
  9. #dceaf2
  10. #edf4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e95bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e95bc
  2. #5393b6
  3. #5891b0
  4. #5d8faa
  5. #628da4
  6. #678b9e
  7. #6c8898
  8. #718692
  9. #76848c
  10. #7b8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7990a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8294be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7388bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7194bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #668ebc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #279bad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e95bc {
  color: #4e95bc;
}
Background
.bg-4e95bc {
  background-color: #4e95bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e95bc {
  border: 2px solid #4e95bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e95bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 149 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e95bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e95bc, #4e5ebc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e95bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 149 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.73 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.80 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.21 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.77 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.29 #b16a43 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e95bc  rgb(78, 149, 188)  hsl(201, 45%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#bc754e  rgb(188, 117, 78)  hsl(21, 45%, 52%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc4e95  rgb(188, 78, 149)  hsl(321, 45%, 52%)  Mulberry
#95bc4e  rgb(149, 188, 78)  hsl(81, 45%, 52%)  Apple Green