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#6799CA

#6799ca ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6799ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.39% red, 60% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.01% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 209.7°, with 48.29% saturation and 59.8% 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 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2993

Complementary

  1. #6799ca
  2. #ca9867

Split complementary

  1. #6799ca
  2. #ca6767
  3. #cac967

Analogous

  1. #67cac9
  2. #6799ca
  3. #6767ca

Triadic

  1. #6799ca
  2. #ca6799
  3. #99ca67

Tetradic

  1. #6799ca
  2. #9867ca
  3. #ca9867
  4. #99ca67

Square

  1. #6799ca
  2. #c967ca
  3. #ca9867
  4. #67ca67

Monochromatic

  1. #274c71
  2. #3b73a9
  3. #6799ca
  4. #a0bfde
  5. #d8e5f2

Shades

#6799ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6799ca
  2. #5d8ab6
  3. #527aa2
  4. #486b8d
  5. #3e5c79
  6. #344d65
  7. #293d51
  8. #1f2e3d
  9. #151f28
  10. #0a0f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#6799ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6799ca
  2. #76a3cf
  3. #85add5
  4. #95b8da
  5. #a4c2df
  6. #b3cce5
  7. #c2d6ea
  8. #d1e0ef
  9. #e1ebf4
  10. #f0f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6799ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6799ca
  2. #6a97c3
  3. #6c94bb
  4. #6f92b4
  5. #718fac
  6. #748da5
  7. #768a9e
  8. #798896
  9. #7b858f
  10. #7e8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8596ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859acc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7890c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #39a4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a9acb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7294c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4fa0b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6799ca {
  color: #6799ca;
}
Background
.bg-6799ca {
  background-color: #6799ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6799ca {
  border: 2px solid #6799ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6799ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 103 153 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 48% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6799ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6799ca, #6767ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6799ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(103 153 202 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.13 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.20 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.12 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.13 #986635 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#6799ca  rgb(103, 153, 202)  hsl(210, 48%, 60%)  United Nations Blue
#ca9867  rgb(202, 152, 103)  hsl(30, 48%, 60%)  Camel
#ca6799  rgb(202, 103, 153)  hsl(330, 48%, 60%)  Thulian Pink
#99ca67  rgb(153, 202, 103)  hsl(90, 48%, 60%)  Pistachio