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#4E99BC

#4e99bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e99bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.51% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 199.09°, 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 6.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.26.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2803

Complementary

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #bc714e

Split complementary

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #bc4e62
  3. #bca84e

Analogous

  1. #4ebca8
  2. #4e99bc
  3. #4e62bc

Triadic

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #bc4e99
  3. #99bc4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #714ebc
  3. #bc714e
  4. #99bc4e

Square

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #a84ebc
  3. #bc714e
  4. #62bc4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4252
  2. #346e89
  3. #4e99bc
  4. #86b9d1
  5. #bdd9e6

Shades

#4e99bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #468aa9
  3. #3e7a96
  4. #376b84
  5. #2f5c71
  6. #274d5e
  7. #1f3d4b
  8. #172e38
  9. #101f26
  10. #080f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e99bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #60a3c3
  3. #71adc9
  4. #83b8d0
  5. #95c2d7
  6. #a7ccde
  7. #b8d6e4
  8. #cae0eb
  9. #dcebf2
  10. #edf5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e99bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e99bc
  2. #5397b6
  3. #5894b0
  4. #5d92aa
  5. #628fa4
  6. #678d9e
  7. #6c8a98
  8. #718892
  9. #76858c
  10. #7b8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b94a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8797be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #788bbc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7598bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a91bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #269fae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e99bc {
  color: #4e99bc;
}
Background
.bg-4e99bc {
  background-color: #4e99bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e99bc {
  border: 2px solid #4e99bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e99bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e99bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e99bc, #4e62bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e99bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.26 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.02 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.36 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.49 #b16643 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4e99bc  rgb(78, 153, 188)  hsl(199, 45%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#bc714e  rgb(188, 113, 78)  hsl(19, 45%, 52%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc4e99  rgb(188, 78, 153)  hsl(319, 45%, 52%)  Mulberry
#99bc4e  rgb(153, 188, 78)  hsl(79, 45%, 52%)  Apple Green