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#4FA2CD

#4fa2cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4fa2cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.46% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 200.48°, with 55.75% saturation and 55.69% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3191

Complementary

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #cd7a4f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #cd4f63
  3. #cdb94f

Analogous

  1. #4fcdb9
  2. #4fa2cd
  3. #4f63cd

Triadic

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #cd4fa2
  3. #a2cd4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #7a4fcd
  3. #cd7a4f
  4. #a2cd4f

Square

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #b94fcd
  3. #cd7a4f
  4. #63cd4f

Monochromatic

  1. #1d4d66
  2. #2e7aa2
  3. #4fa2cd
  4. #8bc1de
  5. #c6e1ef

Shades

#4fa2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #4792b9
  3. #3f82a4
  4. #377190
  5. #2f617b
  6. #285167
  7. #204152
  8. #18313e
  9. #102029
  10. #081015
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #61abd2
  3. #72b5d7
  4. #84bedc
  5. #95c7e1
  6. #a7d1e6
  7. #b9daeb
  8. #cae3f0
  9. #dcecf5
  10. #edf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa2cd
  2. #549fc5
  3. #599bbe
  4. #5e98b6
  5. #6394ae
  6. #6891a7
  7. #6c8e9f
  8. #718a97
  9. #76878f
  10. #7b8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829db0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da0cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c93cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a1ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d99cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #16a9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa2cd {
  color: #4fa2cd;
}
Background
.bg-4fa2cd {
  background-color: #4fa2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa2cd {
  border: 2px solid #4fa2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 56% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa2cd, #4f63cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.68 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.76 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.06 #b05d32 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa2cd  rgb(79, 162, 205)  hsl(200, 56%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#cd7a4f  rgb(205, 122, 79)  hsl(20, 56%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#cd4fa2  rgb(205, 79, 162)  hsl(320, 56%, 56%)  Mulberry
#a2cd4f  rgb(162, 205, 79)  hsl(80, 56%, 56%)  Yellow Green