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#4EAEEC

#4eaeec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaeec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.95% cyan, 26.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 203.54°, with 80.61% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.52.

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Relative luminance0.3795

Complementary

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #ec8c4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #ec4e5f
  3. #ecdb4e

Analogous

  1. #4eecdb
  2. #4eaeec
  3. #4e5fec

Triadic

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #ec4eae
  3. #aeec4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #8c4eec
  3. #ec8c4e
  4. #aeec4e

Square

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #db4eec
  3. #ec8c4e
  4. #5fec4e

Monochromatic

  1. #105e91
  2. #178bd6
  3. #4eaeec
  4. #93cef3
  5. #d8edfb

Shades

#4eaeec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #469dd4
  3. #3e8bbd
  4. #377aa5
  5. #2f688e
  6. #275776
  7. #1f465e
  8. #173447
  9. #10232f
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaeec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #60b6ee
  3. #71bef0
  4. #83c6f2
  5. #95cef4
  6. #a7d7f6
  7. #b8dff7
  8. #cae7f9
  9. #dceffb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaeec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaeec
  2. #53a9e1
  3. #58a5d6
  4. #5da0cc
  5. #629cc1
  6. #6797b6
  7. #6c92ab
  8. #718ea0
  9. #768996
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aeef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9feb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7caeee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca5eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaeec {
  color: #4eaeec;
}
Background
.bg-4eaeec {
  background-color: #4eaeec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaeec {
  border: 2px solid #4eaeec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaeec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 174 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 81% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaeec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaeec, #4e5fec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaeec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 174 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.89 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.31 #b15113 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaeec  rgb(78, 174, 236)  hsl(204, 81%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ec8c4e  rgb(236, 140, 78)  hsl(24, 81%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#ec4eae  rgb(236, 78, 174)  hsl(324, 81%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aeec4e  rgb(174, 236, 78)  hsl(84, 81%, 62%)  Inchworm