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#4E97CD

#4e97cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e97cd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.95% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 205.51°, with 55.95% saturation and 55.49% 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 6.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2816

Complementary

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #cd844e

Split complementary

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #cd4e58
  3. #cdc34e

Analogous

  1. #4ecdc3
  2. #4e97cd
  3. #4e58cd

Triadic

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #cd4e97
  3. #97cd4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #844ecd
  3. #cd844e
  4. #97cd4e

Square

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #c34ecd
  3. #cd844e
  4. #58cd4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1d4665
  2. #2d70a1
  3. #4e97cd
  4. #8abade
  5. #c5ddef

Shades

#4e97cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #4688b9
  3. #3e79a4
  4. #376a90
  5. #2f5b7b
  6. #274c67
  7. #1f3c52
  8. #172d3e
  9. #101e29
  10. #080f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e97cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #60a1d2
  3. #71acd7
  4. #83b6dc
  5. #95c1e1
  6. #a7cbe6
  7. #b8d5eb
  8. #cae0f0
  9. #dceaf5
  10. #edf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e97cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e97cd
  2. #5395c5
  3. #5892be
  4. #5d90b6
  5. #628eae
  6. #678ca7
  7. #6c899f
  8. #718797
  9. #76858f
  10. #7b8288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b93ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f98cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8bcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f97ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6390cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #169fb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e97cd {
  color: #4e97cd;
}
Background
.bg-4e97cd {
  background-color: #4e97cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e97cd {
  border: 2px solid #4e97cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e97cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 151 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e97cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e97cd, #4e58cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e97cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 151 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.72 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.15 #b16832 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e97cd  rgb(78, 151, 205)  hsl(206, 56%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#cd844e  rgb(205, 132, 78)  hsl(26, 56%, 55%)  Raw Sienna
#cd4e97  rgb(205, 78, 151)  hsl(326, 56%, 55%)  Mulberry
#97cd4e  rgb(151, 205, 78)  hsl(86, 56%, 55%)  Yellow Green