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#4EA4E2

#4ea4e2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4ea4e2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 64.31% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.49% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 205.14°, with 71.84% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.12.

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Relative luminance0.3366

Complementary

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #e28c4e

Split complementary

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #e24e5a
  3. #e2d64e

Analogous

  1. #4ee2d6
  2. #4ea4e2
  3. #4e5ae2

Triadic

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #e24ea4
  3. #a4e24e

Tetradic

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #8c4ee2
  3. #e28c4e
  4. #a4e24e

Square

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #d64ee2
  3. #e28c4e
  4. #5ae24e

Monochromatic

  1. #155482
  2. #207fc3
  3. #4ea4e2
  4. #90c6ed
  5. #d1e8f8

Shades

#4ea4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #4694cb
  3. #3e83b5
  4. #37739e
  5. #2f6288
  6. #275271
  7. #1f425a
  8. #173144
  9. #10212d
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ea4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #60ade5
  3. #71b6e8
  4. #83bfeb
  5. #95c8ee
  6. #a7d2f1
  7. #b8dbf3
  8. #cae4f6
  9. #dcedf9
  10. #edf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ea4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ea4e2
  2. #53a0d8
  3. #589dce
  4. #5d99c5
  5. #6296bb
  6. #6792b1
  7. #6c8ea7
  8. #718b9d
  9. #768794
  10. #7b848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a0bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a5e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7496e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a5e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #679ce1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ea4e2 {
  color: #4ea4e2;
}
Background
.bg-4ea4e2 {
  background-color: #4ea4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ea4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #4ea4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ea4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 164 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 72% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ea4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ea4e2, #4e5ae2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ea4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 164 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.21 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.11 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.49 #b15b1d Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4ea4e2  rgb(78, 164, 226)  hsl(205, 72%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#e28c4e  rgb(226, 140, 78)  hsl(25, 72%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#e24ea4  rgb(226, 78, 164)  hsl(325, 72%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a4e24e  rgb(164, 226, 78)  hsl(85, 72%, 60%)  Inchworm