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#4E85EA

#4e85ea ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e85ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 52.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 43.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 218.85°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 5.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 4.12.

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Relative luminance0.2434

Complementary

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #eab34e

Split complementary

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #ea654e
  3. #d3ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ed3ea
  2. #4e85ea
  3. #654eea

Triadic

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #ea4e85
  3. #85ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #b34eea
  3. #eab34e
  4. #85ea4e

Square

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #ea4ed3
  3. #eab34e
  4. #4eea65

Monochromatic

  1. #113d8e
  2. #195ad3
  3. #4e85ea
  4. #92b4f2
  5. #d7e3fa

Shades

#4e85ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #4678d3
  3. #3e6abb
  4. #375da4
  5. #2f508c
  6. #274375
  7. #1f355e
  8. #172846
  9. #101b2f
  10. #080d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e85ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #6091ec
  3. #719dee
  4. #83aaf0
  5. #95b6f2
  6. #a7c2f5
  7. #b8cef7
  8. #cadaf9
  9. #dce7fb
  10. #edf3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e85ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e85ea
  2. #5385df
  3. #5884d5
  4. #5d84ca
  5. #6283c0
  6. #6783b5
  7. #6c82aa
  8. #7182a0
  9. #768195
  10. #7b818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7586b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #558fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a81e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009cac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #528bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4382e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0094c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e85ea {
  color: #4e85ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e85ea {
  background-color: #4e85ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e85ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e85ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e85ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 133 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e85ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e85ea, #654eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e85ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 133 234 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.12 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.10 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.82 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.85 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.95 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.02 #b17a15 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#4e85ea  rgb(78, 133, 234)  hsl(219, 79%, 61%)  United Nations Blue
#eab34e  rgb(234, 179, 78)  hsl(39, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#ea4e85  rgb(234, 78, 133)  hsl(339, 79%, 61%)  French Rose
#85ea4e  rgb(133, 234, 78)  hsl(99, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm