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#4E95BF

#4e95bf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e95bf 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 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.16% cyan, 21.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 202.3°, with 46.89% saturation and 52.75% 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 6.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.19.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2688

Complementary

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #bf784e

Split complementary

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #bf4e5d
  3. #bfb14e

Analogous

  1. #4ebfb1
  2. #4e95bf
  3. #4e5dbf

Triadic

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #bf4e95
  3. #95bf4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #784ebf
  3. #bf784e
  4. #95bf4e

Square

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #b14ebf
  3. #bf784e
  4. #5dbf4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4155
  2. #336c8d
  3. #4e95bf
  4. #86b7d3
  5. #bed8e8

Shades

#4e95bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #4686ac
  3. #3e7799
  4. #376886
  5. #2f5973
  6. #274b60
  7. #1f3c4c
  8. #172d39
  9. #101e26
  10. #080f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e95bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #60a0c5
  3. #71aacc
  4. #83b5d2
  5. #95bfd9
  6. #a7cadf
  7. #b8d5e5
  8. #cadfec
  9. #dceaf2
  10. #edf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e95bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e95bf
  2. #5393b9
  3. #5891b2
  4. #5d8fac
  5. #628da6
  6. #678ba0
  7. #6c8899
  8. #718693
  9. #76848d
  10. #7b8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7991a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8194c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7288be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a0a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7094c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #658ebf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #259caf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e95bf {
  color: #4e95bf;
}
Background
.bg-4e95bf {
  background-color: #4e95bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e95bf {
  border: 2px solid #4e95bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e95bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 149 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 47% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e95bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e95bf, #4e5dbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e95bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 149 191 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.19 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.08 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.15 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.13 #b16a40 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e95bf  rgb(78, 149, 191)  hsl(202, 47%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#bf784e  rgb(191, 120, 78)  hsl(22, 47%, 53%)  Copper
#bf4e95  rgb(191, 78, 149)  hsl(322, 47%, 53%)  Mulberry
#95bf4e  rgb(149, 191, 78)  hsl(82, 47%, 53%)  Yellow Green