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#4E97BC

#4e97bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e97bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 59.22% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.51% cyan, 19.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 200.18°, 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 6.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2738

Complementary

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #bc734e

Split complementary

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #bc4e60
  3. #bcaa4e

Analogous

  1. #4ebcaa
  2. #4e97bc
  3. #4e60bc

Triadic

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #bc4e97
  3. #97bc4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #734ebc
  3. #bc734e
  4. #97bc4e

Square

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #aa4ebc
  3. #bc734e
  4. #60bc4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4152
  2. #346d89
  3. #4e97bc
  4. #86b8d1
  5. #bdd8e6

Shades

#4e97bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #4688a9
  3. #3e7996
  4. #376a84
  5. #2f5b71
  6. #274c5e
  7. #1f3c4b
  8. #172d38
  9. #101e26
  10. #080f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e97bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #60a1c3
  3. #71acc9
  4. #83b6d0
  5. #95c1d7
  6. #a7cbde
  7. #b8d5e4
  8. #cae0eb
  9. #dceaf2
  10. #edf5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e97bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e97bc
  2. #5395b6
  3. #5892b0
  4. #5d90aa
  5. #628ea4
  6. #678c9e
  7. #6c8998
  8. #718792
  9. #76858c
  10. #7b8286
  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 #7a92a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8595be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #768abb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7396bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #688fbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #269dae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e97bc {
  color: #4e97bc;
}
Background
.bg-4e97bc {
  background-color: #4e97bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e97bc {
  border: 2px solid #4e97bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e97bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 151 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e97bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e97bc, #4e60bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e97bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 151 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.89 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.36 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.22 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.48 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.36 #b16843 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e97bc  rgb(78, 151, 188)  hsl(200, 45%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#bc734e  rgb(188, 115, 78)  hsl(20, 45%, 52%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc4e97  rgb(188, 78, 151)  hsl(320, 45%, 52%)  Mulberry
#97bc4e  rgb(151, 188, 78)  hsl(80, 45%, 52%)  Apple Green