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#4E95CA

#4e95ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e95ca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.39% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 205.65°, with 53.91% saturation and 54.9% 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 6.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.54.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2738

Complementary

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #ca834e

Split complementary

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #ca4e57
  3. #cac14e

Analogous

  1. #4ecac1
  2. #4e95ca
  3. #4e57ca

Triadic

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #ca4e95
  3. #95ca4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #834eca
  3. #ca834e
  4. #95ca4e

Square

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #c14eca
  3. #ca834e
  4. #57ca4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1d4462
  2. #2f6e9d
  3. #4e95ca
  4. #89b8dc
  5. #c4dced

Shades

#4e95ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #4686b6
  3. #3e77a2
  4. #37688d
  5. #2f5979
  6. #274b65
  7. #1f3c51
  8. #172d3d
  9. #101e28
  10. #080f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e95ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #60a0cf
  3. #71aad5
  4. #83b5da
  5. #95bfdf
  6. #a7cae5
  7. #b8d5ea
  8. #cadfef
  9. #dceaf4
  10. #edf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e95ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e95ca
  2. #5393c3
  3. #5891bb
  4. #5d8fb4
  5. #628dac
  6. #678ba5
  7. #6c889e
  8. #718696
  9. #76848f
  10. #7b8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a91aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e96cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d89c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e95cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #628ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1b9db6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e95ca {
  color: #4e95ca;
}
Background
.bg-4e95ca {
  background-color: #4e95ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e95ca {
  border: 2px solid #4e95ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e95ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 149 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e95ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e95ca, #4e57ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e95ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 149 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.90 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.68 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.18 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.19 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.69 #b16a35 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e95ca  rgb(78, 149, 202)  hsl(206, 54%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#ca834e  rgb(202, 131, 78)  hsl(26, 54%, 55%)  Raw Sienna
#ca4e95  rgb(202, 78, 149)  hsl(326, 54%, 55%)  Mulberry
#95ca4e  rgb(149, 202, 78)  hsl(86, 54%, 55%)  Yellow Green