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#4EAFEF

#4eafef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4eafef is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 68.63% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.36% cyan, 26.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 203.85°, 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.87.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3851

Complementary

  1. #4eafef
  2. #ef8e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4eafef
  2. #ef4e5f
  3. #efdf4e

Analogous

  1. #4eefdf
  2. #4eafef
  3. #4e5fef

Triadic

  1. #4eafef
  2. #ef4eaf
  3. #afef4e

Tetradic

  1. #4eafef
  2. #8e4eef
  3. #ef8e4e
  4. #afef4e

Square

  1. #4eafef
  2. #df4eef
  3. #ef8e4e
  4. #5fef4e

Monochromatic

  1. #0e6096
  2. #148ddd
  3. #4eafef
  4. #94cff5
  5. #daeefc

Shades

#4eafef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4eafef
  2. #469ed7
  3. #3e8cbf
  4. #377ba7
  5. #2f698f
  6. #275878
  7. #1f4660
  8. #173548
  9. #102330
  10. #081218
  11. #000000

Tints

#4eafef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4eafef
  2. #60b7f1
  3. #71bff2
  4. #83c7f4
  5. #95cff5
  6. #a7d7f7
  7. #b8dff9
  8. #cae7fa
  9. #dceffc
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4eafef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4eafef
  2. #53aae4
  3. #58a6d9
  4. #5da1ce
  5. #629cc3
  6. #6798b8
  7. #6c93ac
  8. #718ea1
  9. #768996
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8caac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b0f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ca0ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7caff1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca6ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4eafef {
  color: #4eafef;
}
Background
.bg-4eafef {
  background-color: #4eafef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4eafef {
  border: 2px solid #4eafef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4eafef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 175 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4eafef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4eafef, #4e5fef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4eafef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 175 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.61 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.82 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.22 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.40 #b15010 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4eafef  rgb(78, 175, 239)  hsl(204, 83%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ef8e4e  rgb(239, 142, 78)  hsl(24, 83%, 62%)  Cadmium Orange
#ef4eaf  rgb(239, 78, 175)  hsl(324, 83%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#afef4e  rgb(175, 239, 78)  hsl(84, 83%, 62%)  Inchworm