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#175FEC

#175fec ≈ Royal Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#175fec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 37.25% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.25% cyan, 59.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 219.72°, with 84.86% saturation and 50.78% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.1442

Complementary

  1. #175fec
  2. #eca417

Split complementary

  1. #175fec
  2. #ec3917
  3. #c9ec17

Analogous

  1. #17c9ec
  2. #175fec
  3. #3917ec

Triadic

  1. #175fec
  2. #ec175f
  3. #5fec17

Tetradic

  1. #175fec
  2. #a417ec
  3. #eca417
  4. #5fec17

Square

  1. #175fec
  2. #ec17c9
  3. #eca417
  4. #17ec39

Monochromatic

  1. #082662
  2. #0e42a9
  3. #175fec
  4. #5e90f2
  5. #a4c1f8

Shades

#175fec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175fec
  2. #1556d4
  3. #124cbd
  4. #1043a5
  5. #0e398e
  6. #0c3076
  7. #09265e
  8. #071d47
  9. #05132f
  10. #020a18
  11. #000000

Tints

#175fec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175fec
  2. #2e6fee
  3. #457ff0
  4. #5d8ff2
  5. #749ff4
  6. #8baff6
  7. #a2bff7
  8. #b9cff9
  9. #d1dffb
  10. #e8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175fec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175fec
  2. #2262e1
  3. #2c66d6
  4. #3769cc
  5. #416cc1
  6. #4c70b6
  7. #5673ab
  8. #6176a0
  9. #6b7996
  10. #767d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5566ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0061e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00849c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #006cef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0060ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0077c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-175fec {
  color: #175fec;
}
Background
.bg-175fec {
  background-color: #175fec;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175fec {
  border: 2px solid #175fec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175fec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 95 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175fec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175fec, #3917ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175fec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 95 236 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.74 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.95 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.32 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.50 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.63 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.90 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.96 #e8a013 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#175fec  rgb(23, 95, 236)  hsl(220, 85%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#eca417  rgb(236, 164, 23)  hsl(40, 85%, 51%)  Marigold
#ec175f  rgb(236, 23, 95)  hsl(340, 85%, 51%)  Raspberry
#5fec17  rgb(95, 236, 23)  hsl(100, 85%, 51%)  Harlequin