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#6790BA

#6790ba ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6790ba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.39% red, 56.47% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.62% cyan, 22.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 210.36°, with 37.56% saturation and 56.67% 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 6.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2638

Complementary

  1. #6790ba
  2. #ba9167

Split complementary

  1. #6790ba
  2. #ba6867
  3. #baba67

Analogous

  1. #67baba
  2. #6790ba
  3. #6867ba

Triadic

  1. #6790ba
  2. #ba6790
  3. #90ba67

Tetradic

  1. #6790ba
  2. #9167ba
  3. #ba9167
  4. #90ba67

Square

  1. #6790ba
  2. #ba67ba
  3. #ba9167
  4. #67ba68

Monochromatic

  1. #2a445e
  2. #426a92
  3. #6790ba
  4. #9cb6d2
  5. #d0ddea

Shades

#6790ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6790ba
  2. #5d82a7
  3. #527395
  4. #486582
  5. #3e5670
  6. #34485d
  7. #293a4a
  8. #1f2b38
  9. #151d25
  10. #0a0e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6790ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6790ba
  2. #769bc1
  3. #85a6c8
  4. #95b1cf
  5. #a4bcd6
  6. #b3c8dd
  7. #c2d3e3
  8. #d1deea
  9. #e1e9f1
  10. #f0f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6790ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6790ba
  2. #6a8eb4
  3. #6c8dae
  4. #6f8ba9
  5. #718aa3
  6. #74889d
  7. #768697
  8. #798591
  9. #7b838c
  10. #7e8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f8ea1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f91bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7589b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #469a9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7691bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #708cb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5596aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6790ba {
  color: #6790ba;
}
Background
.bg-6790ba {
  background-color: #6790ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6790ba {
  border: 2px solid #6790ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6790ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 103 144 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 38% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6790ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6790ba, #6867ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6790ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(103 144 186 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.94 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.25 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.68 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.28 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.29 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.82 #986f45 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#6790ba  rgb(103, 144, 186)  hsl(210, 38%, 57%)  United Nations Blue
#ba9167  rgb(186, 145, 103)  hsl(30, 38%, 57%)  Camel
#ba6790  rgb(186, 103, 144)  hsl(330, 38%, 57%)  Mulberry
#90ba67  rgb(144, 186, 103)  hsl(90, 38%, 57%)  Olivine