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#579CEE

#579cee ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#579cee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 61.18% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.45% cyan, 34.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 212.58°, with 81.62% saturation and 63.73% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 3.63.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3198

Complementary

  1. #579cee
  2. #eea957

Split complementary

  1. #579cee
  2. #ee5e57
  3. #e8ee57

Analogous

  1. #57e8ee
  2. #579cee
  3. #5e57ee

Triadic

  1. #579cee
  2. #ee579c
  3. #9cee57

Tetradic

  1. #579cee
  2. #a957ee
  3. #eea957
  4. #9cee57

Square

  1. #579cee
  2. #ee57e8
  3. #eea957
  4. #57ee5e

Monochromatic

  1. #10509c
  2. #1774e2
  3. #579cee
  4. #9cc5f5
  5. #e2eefc

Shades

#579cee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #579cee
  2. #4e8cd6
  3. #467dbe
  4. #3d6da7
  5. #345e8f
  6. #2c4e77
  7. #233e5f
  8. #1a2f47
  9. #111f30
  10. #091018
  11. #000000

Tints

#579cee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #579cee
  2. #68a6f0
  3. #79b0f1
  4. #89baf3
  5. #9ac4f5
  6. #abcef7
  7. #bcd7f8
  8. #cde1fa
  9. #ddebfc
  10. #eef5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#579cee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #579cee
  2. #5b99e3
  3. #5f96d8
  4. #6394cd
  5. #6791c2
  6. #6c8eb7
  7. #708bac
  8. #7488a1
  9. #788696
  10. #7c838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849ac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a1f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6493ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9ff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f97ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0aa8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-579cee {
  color: #579cee;
}
Background
.bg-579cee {
  background-color: #579cee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-579cee {
  border: 2px solid #579cee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #579cee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 156 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 82% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-579cee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #579cee, #5e57ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-579cee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 156 238 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.63 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.85 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.18 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.29 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.44 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.28 #a86311 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#579cee  rgb(87, 156, 238)  hsl(213, 82%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#eea957  rgb(238, 169, 87)  hsl(33, 82%, 64%)  Indian Yellow
#ee579c  rgb(238, 87, 156)  hsl(333, 82%, 64%)  Brilliant Rose
#9cee57  rgb(156, 238, 87)  hsl(93, 82%, 64%)  Inchworm