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#4E87EA

#4e87ea ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e87ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 52.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 42.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 218.08°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 5.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 3.47.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2489

Complementary

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #eab14e

Split complementary

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #ea634e
  3. #d5ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ed5ea
  2. #4e87ea
  3. #634eea

Triadic

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #ea4e87
  3. #87ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #b14eea
  3. #eab14e
  4. #87ea4e

Square

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #ea4ed5
  3. #eab14e
  4. #4eea63

Monochromatic

  1. #113f8e
  2. #195dd3
  3. #4e87ea
  4. #92b5f2
  5. #d7e4fa

Shades

#4e87ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #467ad3
  3. #3e6cbb
  4. #375fa4
  5. #2f518c
  6. #274475
  7. #1f365e
  8. #172946
  9. #101b2f
  10. #080e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e87ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #6093ec
  3. #719fee
  4. #83abf0
  5. #95b7f2
  6. #a7c3f5
  7. #b8cff7
  8. #cadbf9
  9. #dce7fb
  10. #edf3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e87ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e87ea
  2. #5386df
  3. #5886d5
  4. #5d85ca
  5. #6284c0
  6. #6784b5
  7. #6c83aa
  8. #7182a0
  9. #768195
  10. #7b818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7688b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5890ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e82e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ead ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #548dec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4584e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0095c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e87ea {
  color: #4e87ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e87ea {
  background-color: #4e87ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e87ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e87ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e87ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 135 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e87ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e87ea, #634eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e87ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 135 234 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.47 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.21 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.04 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.15 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.03 #b17815 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#4e87ea  rgb(78, 135, 234)  hsl(218, 79%, 61%)  United Nations Blue
#eab14e  rgb(234, 177, 78)  hsl(38, 79%, 61%)  Indian Yellow
#ea4e87  rgb(234, 78, 135)  hsl(338, 79%, 61%)  French Rose
#87ea4e  rgb(135, 234, 78)  hsl(98, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm