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#4E91C8

#4e91c8 ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e91c8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 56.86% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61% cyan, 27.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 207.05°, with 52.59% saturation and 54.51% 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 6.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 3.82.

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Relative luminance0.2604

Complementary

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #c8854e

Split complementary

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #c84e54
  3. #c8c24e

Analogous

  1. #4ec8c2
  2. #4e91c8
  3. #4e54c8

Triadic

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #c84e91
  3. #91c84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #854ec8
  3. #c8854e
  4. #91c84e

Square

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #c24ec8
  3. #c8854e
  4. #54c84e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e425f
  2. #306a9a
  3. #4e91c8
  4. #88b5da
  5. #c3daec

Shades

#4e91c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #4683b4
  3. #3e74a0
  4. #37668c
  5. #2f5778
  6. #274964
  7. #1f3a50
  8. #172c3c
  9. #101d28
  10. #080f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e91c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #609cce
  3. #71a7d3
  4. #83b2d9
  5. #95bdde
  6. #a7c8e4
  7. #b8d3e9
  8. #cadeef
  9. #dce9f4
  10. #edf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e91c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e91c8
  2. #538fc1
  3. #588eba
  4. #5d8cb2
  5. #628aab
  6. #6789a4
  7. #6c879d
  8. #718596
  9. #76838e
  10. #7b8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #788ea7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7992ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6986c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a92c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f8bc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1e99b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e91c8 {
  color: #4e91c8;
}
Background
.bg-4e91c8 {
  background-color: #4e91c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e91c8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e91c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e91c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 145 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 53% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e91c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e91c8, #4e54c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e91c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 145 200 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.82 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.14 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.41 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.78 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.65 #b16e37 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#4e91c8  rgb(78, 145, 200)  hsl(207, 53%, 55%)  Bleu de France
#c8854e  rgb(200, 133, 78)  hsl(27, 53%, 55%)  Peru
#c84e91  rgb(200, 78, 145)  hsl(327, 53%, 55%)  Mulberry
#91c84e  rgb(145, 200, 78)  hsl(87, 53%, 55%)  Yellow Green