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#4EAAEC

#4eaaec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaaec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 66.67% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.95% cyan, 27.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 205.06°, with 80.61% saturation and 61.57% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.77.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3643

Complementary

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #ec904e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #ec4e5b
  3. #ecdf4e

Analogous

  1. #4eecdf
  2. #4eaaec
  3. #4e5bec

Triadic

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #ec4eaa
  3. #aaec4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #904eec
  3. #ec904e
  4. #aaec4e

Square

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #df4eec
  3. #ec904e
  4. #5bec4e

Monochromatic

  1. #105b91
  2. #1787d6
  3. #4eaaec
  4. #93cbf3
  5. #d8ecfb

Shades

#4eaaec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #4699d4
  3. #3e88bd
  4. #3777a5
  5. #2f668e
  6. #275576
  7. #1f445e
  8. #173347
  9. #10222f
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaaec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #60b3ee
  3. #71bbf0
  4. #83c4f2
  5. #95ccf4
  6. #a7d5f6
  7. #b8ddf7
  8. #cae6f9
  9. #dceefb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaaec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaaec
  2. #53a6e1
  3. #58a2d6
  4. #5d9dcc
  5. #6299c1
  6. #6795b6
  7. #6c91ab
  8. #718da0
  9. #768896
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a6c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cabef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769ceb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78abee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69a2eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaaec {
  color: #4eaaec;
}
Background
.bg-4eaaec {
  background-color: #4eaaec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaaec {
  border: 2px solid #4eaaec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaaec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 170 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 81% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaaec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaaec, #4e5bec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaaec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 170 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.72 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.72 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.32 #b15513 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaaec  rgb(78, 170, 236)  hsl(205, 81%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ec904e  rgb(236, 144, 78)  hsl(25, 81%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#ec4eaa  rgb(236, 78, 170)  hsl(325, 81%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aaec4e  rgb(170, 236, 78)  hsl(85, 81%, 62%)  Inchworm