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#4591CB

#4591cb ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4591cb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 56.86% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.01% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 205.97°, with 56.3% saturation and 53.33% 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 6.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 3.92.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2583

Complementary

  1. #4591cb
  2. #cb7f45

Split complementary

  1. #4591cb
  2. #cb454e
  3. #cbc245

Analogous

  1. #45cbc2
  2. #4591cb
  3. #454ecb

Triadic

  1. #4591cb
  2. #cb4591
  3. #91cb45

Tetradic

  1. #4591cb
  2. #7f45cb
  3. #cb7f45
  4. #91cb45

Square

  1. #4591cb
  2. #c245cb
  3. #cb7f45
  4. #4ecb45

Monochromatic

  1. #1a405d
  2. #2b6999
  3. #4591cb
  4. #81b4dc
  5. #bdd8ec

Shades

#4591cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4591cb
  2. #3e83b7
  3. #3774a2
  4. #30668e
  5. #29577a
  6. #234966
  7. #1c3a51
  8. #152c3d
  9. #0e1d29
  10. #070f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4591cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4591cb
  2. #589cd0
  3. #6aa7d5
  4. #7db2db
  5. #8fbde0
  6. #a2c8e5
  7. #b5d3ea
  8. #c7deef
  9. #dae9f5
  10. #ecf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4591cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4591cb
  2. #4b8fc4
  3. #518ebc
  4. #578cb5
  5. #5d8aad
  6. #6389a6
  7. #68879e
  8. #6e8597
  9. #74838f
  10. #7a8288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #758da8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7792ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6585ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6792cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a8aca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4591cb {
  color: #4591cb;
}
Background
.bg-4591cb {
  background-color: #4591cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4591cb {
  border: 2px solid #4591cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4591cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 145 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 56% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4591cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4591cb, #454ecb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4591cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 145 203 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.92 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.22 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.91 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.21 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.46 #ba6e34 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#4591cb  rgb(69, 145, 203)  hsl(206, 56%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#cb7f45  rgb(203, 127, 69)  hsl(26, 56%, 53%)  Peru
#cb4591  rgb(203, 69, 145)  hsl(326, 56%, 53%)  Mulberry
#91cb45  rgb(145, 203, 69)  hsl(86, 56%, 53%)  Yellow Green