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#4EACFA

#4eacfa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eacfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 67.45% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.8% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.21°, 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.29.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3803

Complementary

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #fa9c4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #fa4e56
  3. #faf24e

Analogous

  1. #4efaf2
  2. #4eacfa
  3. #4e56fa

Triadic

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #fa4eac
  3. #acfa4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #9c4efa
  3. #fa9c4e
  4. #acfa4e

Square

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #f24efa
  3. #fa9c4e
  4. #56fa4e

Monochromatic

  1. #055faa
  2. #0789f5
  3. #4eacfa
  4. #98cffc
  5. #e3f2fe

Shades

#4eacfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #469be1
  3. #3e8ac8
  4. #3778af
  5. #2f6796
  6. #27567d
  7. #1f4564
  8. #17344b
  9. #102232
  10. #081119
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eacfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #60b4fb
  3. #71bdfb
  4. #83c5fc
  5. #95cdfc
  6. #a7d6fd
  7. #b8defd
  8. #cae6fe
  9. #dceefe
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eacfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eacfa
  2. #53a8ee
  3. #58a3e2
  4. #5d9fd5
  5. #629ac9
  6. #6796bd
  7. #6c92b1
  8. #718da5
  9. #768998
  10. #7b848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba8cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89affd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719ef9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76aefc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65a4f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eacfa {
  color: #4eacfa;
}
Background
.bg-4eacfa {
  background-color: #4eacfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eacfa {
  border: 2px solid #4eacfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eacfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 172 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eacfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eacfa, #4e56fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eacfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 172 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.59 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.79 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.27 #b15305 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eacfa  rgb(78, 172, 250)  hsl(207, 95%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#fa9c4e  rgb(250, 156, 78)  hsl(27, 95%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#fa4eac  rgb(250, 78, 172)  hsl(327, 95%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#acfa4e  rgb(172, 250, 78)  hsl(87, 95%, 64%)  Green Yellow