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#4E91E4

#4e91e4 ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e91e4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 56.86% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.79% cyan, 36.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 213.2°, with 73.53% saturation and 60% 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 6.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2747

Complementary

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #e4a14e

Split complementary

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #e4564e
  3. #dce44e

Analogous

  1. #4edce4
  2. #4e91e4
  3. #564ee4

Triadic

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #e44e91
  3. #91e44e

Tetradic

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #a14ee4
  3. #e4a14e
  4. #91e44e

Square

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #e44edc
  3. #e4a14e
  4. #4ee456

Monochromatic

  1. #144685
  2. #1e6ac7
  3. #4e91e4
  4. #90baee
  5. #d3e3f8

Shades

#4e91e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #4683cd
  3. #3e74b6
  4. #3766a0
  5. #2f5789
  6. #274972
  7. #1f3a5b
  8. #172c44
  9. #101d2e
  10. #080f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e91e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #609ce7
  3. #71a7e9
  4. #83b2ec
  5. #95bdef
  6. #a7c8f2
  7. #b8d3f4
  8. #cadef7
  9. #dce9fa
  10. #edf4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e91e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e91e4
  2. #538fda
  3. #588ed0
  4. #5d8cc6
  5. #628abc
  6. #6789b2
  7. #6c87a8
  8. #71859e
  9. #768394
  10. #7b828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a90b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c97e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5789e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6294e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #538ce3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009dc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e91e4 {
  color: #4e91e4;
}
Background
.bg-4e91e4 {
  background-color: #4e91e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e91e4 {
  border: 2px solid #4e91e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e91e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 145 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 74% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e91e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e91e4, #564ee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e91e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 145 228 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 1.87 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.62 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.71 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.58 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.73 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.45 #b16e1b Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#4e91e4  rgb(78, 145, 228)  hsl(213, 74%, 60%)  United Nations Blue
#e4a14e  rgb(228, 161, 78)  hsl(33, 74%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#e44e91  rgb(228, 78, 145)  hsl(333, 74%, 60%)  French Rose
#91e44e  rgb(145, 228, 78)  hsl(93, 74%, 60%)  Inchworm