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#175CEA

#175cea ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#175cea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 36.08% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.17% cyan, 60.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 220.38°, with 83.4% saturation and 50.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.52.

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Relative luminance0.1378

Complementary

  1. #175cea
  2. #eaa517

Split complementary

  1. #175cea
  2. #ea3b17
  3. #c5ea17

Analogous

  1. #17c5ea
  2. #175cea
  3. #3b17ea

Triadic

  1. #175cea
  2. #ea175c
  3. #5cea17

Tetradic

  1. #175cea
  2. #a517ea
  3. #eaa517
  4. #5cea17

Square

  1. #175cea
  2. #ea17c5
  3. #eaa517
  4. #17ea3b

Monochromatic

  1. #09255f
  2. #0f40a6
  3. #175cea
  4. #5d8df0
  5. #a3bff7

Shades

#175cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175cea
  2. #1553d3
  3. #124abb
  4. #1040a4
  5. #0e378c
  6. #0c2e75
  7. #09255e
  8. #071c46
  9. #05122f
  10. #020917
  11. #000000

Tints

#175cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175cea
  2. #2e6cec
  3. #457dee
  4. #5d8df0
  5. #749df2
  6. #8baef5
  7. #a2bef7
  8. #b9cef9
  9. #d1defb
  10. #e8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175cea
  2. #2260df
  3. #2c63d5
  4. #3767ca
  5. #416ac0
  6. #4c6eb5
  7. #5672aa
  8. #6175a0
  9. #6b7995
  10. #767c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #686868 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5363ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00819a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #006aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0074bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-175cea {
  color: #175cea;
}
Background
.bg-175cea {
  background-color: #175cea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175cea {
  border: 2px solid #175cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 92 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175cea, #3b17ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 92 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.52 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.60 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.55 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.01 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.33 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.25 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.29 #e8a315 Inverted #686868 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#175cea  rgb(23, 92, 234)  hsl(220, 83%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#eaa517  rgb(234, 165, 23)  hsl(40, 83%, 50%)  Marigold
#ea175c  rgb(234, 23, 92)  hsl(340, 83%, 50%)  Raspberry
#5cea17  rgb(92, 234, 23)  hsl(100, 83%, 50%)  Harlequin