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#4EABFA

#4eabfa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eabfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 67.06% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.8% cyan, 31.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.56°, with 94.51% saturation and 64.31% 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 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.21.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3765

Complementary

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #fa9d4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #fa4e55
  3. #faf34e

Analogous

  1. #4efaf3
  2. #4eabfa
  3. #4e55fa

Triadic

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #fa4eab
  3. #abfa4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #9d4efa
  3. #fa9d4e
  4. #abfa4e

Square

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #f34efa
  3. #fa9d4e
  4. #55fa4e

Monochromatic

  1. #055eaa
  2. #0787f5
  3. #4eabfa
  4. #98cefc
  5. #e3f2fe

Shades

#4eabfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #469ae1
  3. #3e89c8
  4. #3778af
  5. #2f6796
  6. #27567d
  7. #1f4464
  8. #17334b
  9. #102232
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eabfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #60b3fb
  3. #71bcfb
  4. #83c4fc
  5. #95cdfc
  6. #a7d5fd
  7. #b8ddfd
  8. #cae6fe
  9. #dceefe
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eabfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eabfa
  2. #53a7ee
  3. #58a2e2
  4. #5d9ed5
  5. #629ac9
  6. #6796bd
  7. #6c91b1
  8. #718da5
  9. #768998
  10. #7b848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba7cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aefd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #709ef8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75adfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a3f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eabfa {
  color: #4eabfa;
}
Background
.bg-4eabfa {
  background-color: #4eabfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eabfa {
  border: 2px solid #4eabfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eabfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 171 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eabfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eabfa, #4e55fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eabfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 171 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.35 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.91 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.95 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.15 #b15405 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eabfa  rgb(78, 171, 250)  hsl(208, 95%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#fa9d4e  rgb(250, 157, 78)  hsl(28, 95%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#fa4eab  rgb(250, 78, 171)  hsl(328, 95%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#abfa4e  rgb(171, 250, 78)  hsl(88, 95%, 64%)  Green Yellow