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#175DEA

#175dea ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#175dea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 36.47% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.17% cyan, 60.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 220.09°, 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 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.1395

Complementary

  1. #175dea
  2. #eaa417

Split complementary

  1. #175dea
  2. #ea3a17
  3. #c7ea17

Analogous

  1. #17c7ea
  2. #175dea
  3. #3a17ea

Triadic

  1. #175dea
  2. #ea175d
  3. #5dea17

Tetradic

  1. #175dea
  2. #a417ea
  3. #eaa417
  4. #5dea17

Square

  1. #175dea
  2. #ea17c7
  3. #eaa417
  4. #17ea3a

Monochromatic

  1. #09255f
  2. #0f41a6
  3. #175dea
  4. #5d8ef0
  5. #a3bff7

Shades

#175dea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175dea
  2. #1554d3
  3. #124abb
  4. #1041a4
  5. #0e388c
  6. #0c2f75
  7. #09255e
  8. #071c46
  9. #05132f
  10. #020917
  11. #000000

Tints

#175dea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175dea
  2. #2e6dec
  3. #457dee
  4. #5d8ef0
  5. #749ef2
  6. #8baef5
  7. #a2bef7
  8. #b9cef9
  9. #d1dffb
  10. #e8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175dea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175dea
  2. #2261df
  3. #2c64d5
  4. #3768ca
  5. #416bc0
  6. #4c6fb5
  7. #5672aa
  8. #6176a0
  9. #6b7995
  10. #767d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #686868 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5364ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00829b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #006aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0075c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-175dea {
  color: #175dea;
}
Background
.bg-175dea {
  background-color: #175dea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175dea {
  border: 2px solid #175dea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175dea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 93 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175dea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175dea, #3a17ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175dea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 93 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.25 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.43 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.43 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.02 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.13 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.48 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.51 #e8a215 Inverted #686868 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#175dea  rgb(23, 93, 234)  hsl(220, 83%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#eaa417  rgb(234, 164, 23)  hsl(40, 83%, 50%)  Marigold
#ea175d  rgb(234, 23, 93)  hsl(340, 83%, 50%)  Raspberry
#5dea17  rgb(93, 234, 23)  hsl(100, 83%, 50%)  Harlequin