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#4591CA

#4591ca ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4591ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 56.86% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.84% cyan, 28.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 55.65% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.1.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2578

Complementary

  1. #4591ca
  2. #ca7e45

Split complementary

  1. #4591ca
  2. #ca454f
  3. #cac045

Analogous

  1. #45cac0
  2. #4591ca
  3. #454fca

Triadic

  1. #4591ca
  2. #ca4591
  3. #91ca45

Tetradic

  1. #4591ca
  2. #7e45ca
  3. #ca7e45
  4. #91ca45

Square

  1. #4591ca
  2. #c045ca
  3. #ca7e45
  4. #4fca45

Monochromatic

  1. #1a405c
  2. #2b6997
  3. #4591ca
  4. #81b4db
  5. #bcd7ec

Shades

#4591ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4591ca
  2. #3e83b6
  3. #3774a2
  4. #30668d
  5. #295779
  6. #234965
  7. #1c3a51
  8. #152c3d
  9. #0e1d28
  10. #070f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4591ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4591ca
  2. #589ccf
  3. #6aa7d5
  4. #7db2da
  5. #8fbddf
  6. #a2c8e5
  7. #b5d3ea
  8. #c7deef
  9. #dae9f4
  10. #ecf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4591ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4591ca
  2. #4b8fc3
  3. #518ebb
  4. #578cb4
  5. #5d8aac
  6. #6389a5
  7. #68879e
  8. #6e8596
  9. #74838f
  10. #7a8287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #758da8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7792cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6585c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6792cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a8ac9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ab5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4591ca {
  color: #4591ca;
}
Background
.bg-4591ca {
  background-color: #4591ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4591ca {
  border: 2px solid #4591ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4591ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 145 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 56% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4591ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4591ca, #454fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4591ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 145 202 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.10 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.40 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.50 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.06 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.10 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.52 #ba6e35 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#4591ca  rgb(69, 145, 202)  hsl(206, 56%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#ca7e45  rgb(202, 126, 69)  hsl(26, 56%, 53%)  Peru
#ca4591  rgb(202, 69, 145)  hsl(326, 56%, 53%)  Mulberry
#91ca45  rgb(145, 202, 69)  hsl(86, 56%, 53%)  Yellow Green