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#4FA2EA

#4fa2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4fa2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.24% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.87°, with 78.68% saturation and 61.37% 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.3344

Complementary

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #ea974f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #ea4f54
  3. #eae44f

Analogous

  1. #4feae4
  2. #4fa2ea
  3. #4f54ea

Triadic

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #ea4fa2
  3. #a2ea4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #974fea
  3. #ea974f
  4. #a2ea4f

Square

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #e44fea
  3. #ea974f
  4. #54ea4f

Monochromatic

  1. #11548f
  2. #197dd3
  3. #4fa2ea
  4. #93c6f2
  5. #d8eafa

Shades

#4fa2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #4792d3
  3. #3f82bb
  4. #3771a4
  5. #2f618c
  6. #285175
  7. #20415e
  8. #183146
  9. #10202f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #61abec
  3. #72b5ee
  4. #84bef0
  5. #95c7f2
  6. #a7d1f5
  7. #b9daf7
  8. #cae3f9
  9. #dcecfb
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa2ea
  2. #549fdf
  3. #599bd5
  4. #5e98ca
  5. #6394c0
  6. #6891b5
  7. #6c8eaa
  8. #718aa0
  9. #768795
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #629be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa2ea {
  color: #4fa2ea;
}
Background
.bg-4fa2ea {
  background-color: #4fa2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa2ea {
  border: 2px solid #4fa2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa2ea, #4f54ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.47 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.53 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.10 #b05d15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4fa2ea  rgb(79, 162, 234)  hsl(208, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ea974f  rgb(234, 151, 79)  hsl(28, 79%, 61%)  Sandy Brown
#ea4fa2  rgb(234, 79, 162)  hsl(328, 79%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2ea4f  rgb(162, 234, 79)  hsl(88, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm