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#5E87EA

#5e87ea ≈ United Nations Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5e87ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 52.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.83% cyan, 42.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 222.43°, with 76.92% saturation and 64.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.2565

Complementary

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #eac15e

Split complementary

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #ea7b5e
  3. #cdea5e

Analogous

  1. #5ecdea
  2. #5e87ea
  3. #7b5eea

Triadic

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #ea5e87
  3. #87ea5e

Tetradic

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #c15eea
  3. #eac15e
  4. #87ea5e

Square

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #ea5ecd
  3. #eac15e
  4. #5eea7b

Monochromatic

  1. #143c9b
  2. #1d56de
  3. #5e87ea
  4. #a2b9f3
  5. #e5ecfc

Shades

#5e87ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #557ad3
  3. #4b6cbb
  4. #425fa4
  5. #38518c
  6. #2f4475
  7. #26365e
  8. #1c2946
  9. #131b2f
  10. #090e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e87ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #6e93ec
  3. #7e9fee
  4. #8eabf0
  5. #9eb7f2
  6. #afc3f5
  7. #bfcff7
  8. #cfdbf9
  9. #dfe7fb
  10. #eff3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e87ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e87ea
  2. #6186df
  3. #6586d5
  4. #6885ca
  5. #6c84c0
  6. #6f84b5
  7. #7283aa
  8. #7682a0
  9. #798195
  10. #7d818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b89b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b91ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4685e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009dad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c8dec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5186e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3095c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e87ea {
  color: #5e87ea;
}
Background
.bg-5e87ea {
  background-color: #5e87ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e87ea {
  border: 2px solid #5e87ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e87ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 135 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e87ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e87ea, #7b5eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e87ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 135 234 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.45 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.85 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.27 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.59 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.31 #a17815 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#5e87ea  rgb(94, 135, 234)  hsl(222, 77%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#eac15e  rgb(234, 193, 94)  hsl(42, 77%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#ea5e87  rgb(234, 94, 135)  hsl(342, 77%, 64%)  Blush
#87ea5e  rgb(135, 234, 94)  hsl(102, 77%, 64%)  Inchworm