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#4EAAEE

#4eaaee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaaee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.23% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 205.5°, with 82.47% saturation and 61.96% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.95.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3654

Complementary

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #ee924e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #ee4e5a
  3. #eee24e

Analogous

  1. #4eeee2
  2. #4eaaee
  3. #4e5aee

Triadic

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #ee4eaa
  3. #aaee4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #924eee
  3. #ee924e
  4. #aaee4e

Square

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #e24eee
  3. #ee924e
  4. #5aee4e

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5c95
  2. #1587db
  3. #4eaaee
  4. #94ccf5
  5. #daedfb

Shades

#4eaaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #4699d6
  3. #3e88be
  4. #3777a7
  5. #2f668f
  6. #275577
  7. #1f445f
  8. #173347
  9. #102230
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #60b3f0
  3. #71bbf1
  4. #83c4f3
  5. #95ccf5
  6. #a7d5f7
  7. #b8ddf8
  8. #cae6fa
  9. #dceefc
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaaee
  2. #53a6e3
  3. #58a2d8
  4. #5d9dcd
  5. #6299c2
  6. #6795b7
  7. #6c91ac
  8. #718da1
  9. #768896
  10. #7b848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8babf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ced ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78abf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a2ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaaee {
  color: #4eaaee;
}
Background
.bg-4eaaee {
  background-color: #4eaaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaaee {
  border: 2px solid #4eaaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaaee, #4e5aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.60 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.28 #b15511 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaaee  rgb(78, 170, 238)  hsl(206, 82%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ee924e  rgb(238, 146, 78)  hsl(26, 82%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#ee4eaa  rgb(238, 78, 170)  hsl(326, 82%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aaee4e  rgb(170, 238, 78)  hsl(86, 82%, 62%)  Inchworm