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#4EAEDE

#4eaede ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaede 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.86% cyan, 21.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 68.57% saturation and 58.82% 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 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3717

Complementary

  1. #4eaede
  2. #de7e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaede
  2. #de4e66
  3. #dec64e

Analogous

  1. #4edec6
  2. #4eaede
  3. #4e66de

Triadic

  1. #4eaede
  2. #de4eae
  3. #aede4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaede
  2. #7e4ede
  3. #de7e4e
  4. #aede4e

Square

  1. #4eaede
  2. #c64ede
  3. #de7e4e
  4. #66de4e

Monochromatic

  1. #175a7c
  2. #2389bc
  3. #4eaede
  4. #8ecbea
  5. #cfe9f6

Shades

#4eaede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaede
  2. #469dc8
  3. #3e8bb2
  4. #377a9b
  5. #2f6885
  6. #27576f
  7. #1f4659
  8. #173443
  9. #10232c
  10. #081116
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaede
  2. #60b6e1
  3. #71bee5
  4. #83c6e8
  5. #95ceeb
  6. #a7d7ef
  7. #b8dff2
  8. #cae7f5
  9. #dceff8
  10. #edf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaede
  2. #53a9d5
  3. #58a5cb
  4. #5da0c2
  5. #629cb8
  6. #6797af
  7. #6c92a6
  8. #718e9c
  9. #768993
  10. #7b8589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa8be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97ace0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #839edd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80addf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #71a4de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaede {
  color: #4eaede;
}
Background
.bg-4eaede {
  background-color: #4eaede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaede {
  border: 2px solid #4eaede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 174 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaede, #4e66de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 174 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.95 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.82 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.21 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.00 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.41 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.96 #b15121 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaede  rgb(78, 174, 222)  hsl(200, 69%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#de7e4e  rgb(222, 126, 78)  hsl(20, 69%, 59%)  Raw Sienna
#de4eae  rgb(222, 78, 174)  hsl(320, 69%, 59%)  Shocking Pink
#aede4e  rgb(174, 222, 78)  hsl(80, 69%, 59%)  June Bud