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#4E90EA

#4e90ea ≈ United Nations Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e90ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 56.47% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 38.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 214.62°, 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 6.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is United Nations Blue (#5b92e5), ΔE 1.48.

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Relative luminance0.2751

Complementary

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #eaa84e

Split complementary

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #ea5a4e
  3. #deea4e

Analogous

  1. #4edeea
  2. #4e90ea
  3. #5a4eea

Triadic

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #ea4e90
  3. #90ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #a84eea
  3. #eaa84e
  4. #90ea4e

Square

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #ea4ede
  3. #eaa84e
  4. #4eea5a

Monochromatic

  1. #11468e
  2. #1967d3
  3. #4e90ea
  4. #92bbf2
  5. #d7e6fa

Shades

#4e90ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #4682d3
  3. #3e73bb
  4. #3765a4
  5. #2f568c
  6. #274875
  7. #1f3a5e
  8. #172b46
  9. #101d2f
  10. #080e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e90ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #609bec
  3. #71a6ee
  4. #83b1f0
  5. #95bcf2
  6. #a7c8f5
  7. #b8d3f7
  8. #cadef9
  9. #dce9fb
  10. #edf4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e90ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e90ea
  2. #538edf
  3. #588dd5
  4. #5d8bca
  5. #628ac0
  6. #6788b5
  7. #6c86aa
  8. #7185a0
  9. #768395
  10. #7b828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a8fbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6797ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5088e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e94ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f8ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009dcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e90ea {
  color: #4e90ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e90ea {
  background-color: #4e90ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e90ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e90ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e90ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 144 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e90ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e90ea, #5a4eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e90ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 144 234 / 0.35);
}

#5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 1.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.85 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.02 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.12 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.37 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.70 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.74 #b16f15 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

United Nations Blue
#4e90ea  rgb(78, 144, 234)  hsl(215, 79%, 61%)  United Nations Blue
#eaa84e  rgb(234, 168, 78)  hsl(35, 79%, 61%)  Indian Yellow
#ea4e90  rgb(234, 78, 144)  hsl(335, 79%, 61%)  French Rose
#90ea4e  rgb(144, 234, 78)  hsl(95, 79%, 61%)  Inchworm