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#4EAEDB

#4eaedb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaedb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 68.24% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.38% cyan, 20.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 199.15°, with 66.2% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3701

Complementary

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #db7b4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #db4e68
  3. #dbc24e

Analogous

  1. #4edbc2
  2. #4eaedb
  3. #4e68db

Triadic

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #db4eae
  3. #aedb4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #7b4edb
  3. #db7b4e
  4. #aedb4e

Square

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #c24edb
  3. #db7b4e
  4. #68db4e

Monochromatic

  1. #185978
  2. #2589b7
  3. #4eaedb
  4. #8ecbe8
  5. #cde8f5

Shades

#4eaedb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #469dc5
  3. #3e8baf
  4. #377a99
  5. #2f6883
  6. #27576e
  7. #1f4658
  8. #173442
  9. #10232c
  10. #081116
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaedb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #60b6df
  3. #71bee2
  4. #83c6e6
  5. #95cee9
  6. #a7d7ed
  7. #b8dff1
  8. #cae7f4
  9. #dceff8
  10. #edf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaedb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaedb
  2. #53a9d2
  3. #58a5c9
  4. #5da0c0
  5. #629cb7
  6. #6797ae
  7. #6c92a4
  8. #718e9b
  9. #768992
  10. #7b8589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa8bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98acdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #849eda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80addc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72a4db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaedb {
  color: #4eaedb;
}
Background
.bg-4eaedb {
  background-color: #4eaedb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaedb {
  border: 2px solid #4eaedb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaedb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 174 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 66% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaedb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaedb, #4e68db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaedb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 174 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.45 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.56 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.84 #b15124 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaedb  rgb(78, 174, 219)  hsl(199, 66%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#db7b4e  rgb(219, 123, 78)  hsl(19, 66%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#db4eae  rgb(219, 78, 174)  hsl(319, 66%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#aedb4e  rgb(174, 219, 78)  hsl(79, 66%, 58%)  June Bud