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#5199EE

#5199ee ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5199ee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 60% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.97% cyan, 35.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 212.48°, with 82.2% saturation and 62.55% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.307

Complementary

  1. #5199ee
  2. #eea651

Split complementary

  1. #5199ee
  2. #ee5751
  3. #e8ee51

Analogous

  1. #51e8ee
  2. #5199ee
  3. #5751ee

Triadic

  1. #5199ee
  2. #ee5199
  3. #99ee51

Tetradic

  1. #5199ee
  2. #a651ee
  3. #eea651
  4. #99ee51

Square

  1. #5199ee
  2. #ee51e8
  3. #eea651
  4. #51ee57

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4d97
  2. #1671dd
  3. #5199ee
  4. #97c2f5
  5. #dcebfc

Shades

#5199ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5199ee
  2. #498ad6
  3. #417abe
  4. #396ba7
  5. #315c8f
  6. #294d77
  7. #203d5f
  8. #182e47
  9. #101f30
  10. #080f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#5199ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5199ee
  2. #62a3f0
  3. #74adf1
  4. #85b8f3
  5. #97c2f5
  6. #a8ccf7
  7. #b9d6f8
  8. #cbe0fa
  9. #dcebfc
  10. #eef5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5199ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5199ee
  2. #5697e3
  3. #5a94d8
  4. #5f92cd
  5. #648fc2
  6. #698db7
  7. #6d8aac
  8. #7288a1
  9. #778596
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8097c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739ff2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d90ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679cf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5894ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5199ee {
  color: #5199ee;
}
Background
.bg-5199ee {
  background-color: #5199ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5199ee {
  border: 2px solid #5199ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5199ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 153 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 82% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5199ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5199ee, #5751ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5199ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 153 238 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.31 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.74 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.52 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.83 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.61 #ae6611 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#5199ee  rgb(81, 153, 238)  hsl(212, 82%, 63%)  United Nations Blue
#eea651  rgb(238, 166, 81)  hsl(32, 82%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#ee5199  rgb(238, 81, 153)  hsl(332, 82%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#99ee51  rgb(153, 238, 81)  hsl(92, 82%, 63%)  Inchworm