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#4EAEEF

#4eaeef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eaeef is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 68.24% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.36% cyan, 27.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 204.22°, with 83.42% saturation and 62.16% 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 8.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.67.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3812

Complementary

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #ef8f4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #ef4e5e
  3. #efdf4e

Analogous

  1. #4eefdf
  2. #4eaeef
  3. #4e5eef

Triadic

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #ef4eae
  3. #aeef4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #8f4eef
  3. #ef8f4e
  4. #aeef4e

Square

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #df4eef
  3. #ef8f4e
  4. #5eef4e

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5f96
  2. #148cdd
  3. #4eaeef
  4. #94cef5
  5. #daeefc

Shades

#4eaeef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #469dd7
  3. #3e8bbf
  4. #377aa7
  5. #2f688f
  6. #275778
  7. #1f4660
  8. #173448
  9. #102330
  10. #081118
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eaeef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #60b6f1
  3. #71bef2
  4. #83c6f4
  5. #95cef5
  6. #a7d7f7
  7. #b8dff9
  8. #cae7fa
  9. #dceffc
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eaeef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eaeef
  2. #53a9e4
  3. #58a5d9
  4. #5da0ce
  5. #629cc3
  6. #6797b8
  7. #6c92ac
  8. #718ea1
  9. #768996
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba9c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aff2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9fee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7baef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ba5ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eaeef {
  color: #4eaeef;
}
Background
.bg-4eaeef {
  background-color: #4eaeef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eaeef {
  border: 2px solid #4eaeef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eaeef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 174 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eaeef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eaeef, #4e5eef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eaeef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 174 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.01 #b15110 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eaeef  rgb(78, 174, 239)  hsl(204, 83%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ef8f4e  rgb(239, 143, 78)  hsl(24, 83%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#ef4eae  rgb(239, 78, 174)  hsl(324, 83%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#aeef4e  rgb(174, 239, 78)  hsl(84, 83%, 62%)  Inchworm