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#4F99BC

#4f99bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4f99bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.98% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 199.27°, with 44.86% saturation and 52.35% 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 6.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2808

Complementary

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #bc724f

Split complementary

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #bc4f62
  3. #bca94f

Analogous

  1. #4fbca9
  2. #4f99bc
  3. #4f62bc

Triadic

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #bc4f99
  3. #99bc4f

Tetradic

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #724fbc
  3. #bc724f
  4. #99bc4f

Square

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #a94fbc
  3. #bc724f
  4. #62bc4f

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4253
  2. #356f8a
  3. #4f99bc
  4. #86b9d1
  5. #bed9e6

Shades

#4f99bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #478aa9
  3. #3f7a96
  4. #376b84
  5. #2f5c71
  6. #284d5e
  7. #203d4b
  8. #182e38
  9. #101f26
  10. #080f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4f99bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #61a3c3
  3. #72adc9
  4. #84b8d0
  5. #95c2d7
  6. #a7ccde
  7. #b9d6e4
  8. #cae0eb
  9. #dcebf2
  10. #edf5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4f99bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4f99bc
  2. #5497b6
  3. #5994b0
  4. #5e92aa
  5. #638fa4
  6. #688d9e
  7. #6c8a98
  8. #718892
  9. #76858c
  10. #7b8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b94a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8797be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #788bbc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7598bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a91bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #289fae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4f99bc {
  color: #4f99bc;
}
Background
.bg-4f99bc {
  background-color: #4f99bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4f99bc {
  border: 2px solid #4f99bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4f99bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4f99bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4f99bc, #4f62bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4f99bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.17 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.40 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.25 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.37 #b06643 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4f99bc  rgb(79, 153, 188)  hsl(199, 45%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#bc724f  rgb(188, 114, 79)  hsl(19, 45%, 52%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc4f99  rgb(188, 79, 153)  hsl(319, 45%, 52%)  Mulberry
#99bc4f  rgb(153, 188, 79)  hsl(79, 45%, 52%)  Apple Green