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#175F85

#175f85 ≈ Sea Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#175f85 is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 37.25% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.71% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black. Its hue angle is 200.73°, with 70.51% saturation and 30.59% 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 corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Sea Blue (#006994), ΔE 3.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#006699
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Relative luminance0.1006

Complementary

  1. #175f85
  2. #853d17

Split complementary

  1. #175f85
  2. #851728
  3. #857417

Analogous

  1. #178574
  2. #175f85
  3. #172885

Triadic

  1. #175f85
  2. #85175f
  3. #5f8517

Tetradic

  1. #175f85
  2. #3d1785
  3. #853d17
  4. #5f8517

Square

  1. #175f85
  2. #741785
  3. #853d17
  4. #288517

Monochromatic

  1. #030c11
  2. #0c3044
  3. #175f85
  4. #228ec6
  5. #54b0e1

Shades

#175f85 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175f85
  2. #155678
  3. #124c6a
  4. #10435d
  5. #0e3950
  6. #0c3043
  7. #092635
  8. #071d28
  9. #05131b
  10. #020a0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#175f85 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175f85
  2. #2e6f91
  3. #457f9d
  4. #5d8faa
  5. #749fb6
  6. #8bafc2
  7. #a2bfce
  8. #b9cfda
  9. #d1dfe7
  10. #e8eff3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175f85 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175f85
  2. #226285
  3. #2c6684
  4. #376984
  5. #416c83
  6. #4c7083
  7. #567382
  8. #617682
  9. #6b7981
  10. #767d81
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #595959 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #475c6d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4d5f87 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e5584 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00696c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3e5f86 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #325985 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #006577 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-175f85 {
  color: #175f85;
}
Background
.bg-175f85 {
  background-color: #175f85;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175f85 {
  border: 2px solid #175f85;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175f85;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 95 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 71% 31%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175f85 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175f85, #172885);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175f85 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 95 133 / 0.35);
}

#006994 Sea Blue ΔE 3.70 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 5.40 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 5.72 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.31 #1560bd Denim ΔE 8.58 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 8.79 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 9.23 #e8a07a Inverted #595959 Grayscale 

Sea Blue
#175f85  rgb(23, 95, 133)  hsl(201, 71%, 31%)  Sea Blue
#853d17  rgb(133, 61, 23)  hsl(21, 71%, 31%)  Saddle Brown
#85175f  rgb(133, 23, 95)  hsl(321, 71%, 31%)  Boysenberry
#5f8517  rgb(95, 133, 23)  hsl(81, 71%, 31%)  Avocado