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#4EA2EA

#4ea2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.69°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.334

Complementary

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #ea964e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #ea4e54
  3. #eae44e

Analogous

  1. #4eeae4
  2. #4ea2ea
  3. #4e54ea

Triadic

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #ea4ea2
  3. #a2ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #964eea
  3. #ea964e
  4. #a2ea4e

Square

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #e44eea
  3. #ea964e
  4. #54ea4e

Monochromatic

  1. #11548e
  2. #197dd3
  3. #4ea2ea
  4. #92c6f2
  5. #d7eafa

Shades

#4ea2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #4692d3
  3. #3e82bb
  4. #3771a4
  5. #2f618c
  6. #275175
  7. #1f415e
  8. #173146
  9. #10202f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #60abec
  3. #71b5ee
  4. #83bef0
  5. #95c7f2
  6. #a7d1f5
  7. #b8daf7
  8. #cae3f9
  9. #dcecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea2ea
  2. #539fdf
  3. #589bd5
  4. #5d98ca
  5. #6294c0
  6. #6791b5
  7. #6c8eaa
  8. #718aa0
  9. #768795
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #629be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea2ea {
  color: #4ea2ea;
}
Background
.bg-4ea2ea {
  background-color: #4ea2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea2ea {
  border: 2px solid #4ea2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea2ea, #4e54ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.99 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.10 #b15d15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea2ea  rgb(78, 162, 234)  hsl(208, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea964e  rgb(234, 150, 78)  hsl(28, 79%, 61%)  Sandy Brown
#ea4ea2  rgb(234, 78, 162)  hsl(328, 79%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2ea4e  rgb(162, 234, 78)  hsl(88, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm