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#5157EA

#5157ea ≈ Majorelle Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5157ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 34.12% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.38% cyan, 62.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 237.65°, with 78.46% saturation and 61.76% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Majorelle Blue (#6050dc), ΔE 3.45.

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Relative luminance0.1451

Complementary

  1. #5157ea
  2. #eae451

Split complementary

  1. #5157ea
  2. #ea9751
  3. #a3ea51

Analogous

  1. #51a3ea
  2. #5157ea
  3. #9751ea

Triadic

  1. #5157ea
  2. #ea5157
  3. #57ea51

Tetradic

  1. #5157ea
  2. #e451ea
  3. #eae451
  4. #57ea51

Square

  1. #5157ea
  2. #ea51a3
  3. #eae451
  4. #51ea97

Monochromatic

  1. #111691
  2. #1a21d5
  3. #5157ea
  4. #9599f2
  5. #dadbfa

Shades

#5157ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5157ea
  2. #494ed3
  3. #4146bb
  4. #393da4
  5. #31348c
  6. #292c75
  7. #20235e
  8. #181a46
  9. #10112f
  10. #080917
  11. #000000

Tints

#5157ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5157ea
  2. #6268ec
  3. #7479ee
  4. #8589f0
  5. #979af2
  6. #a8abf5
  7. #b9bcf7
  8. #cbcdf9
  9. #dcddfb
  10. #eeeefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5157ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5157ea
  2. #565bdf
  3. #5a5fd5
  4. #5f63ca
  5. #6467c0
  6. #696cb5
  7. #6d70aa
  8. #7274a0
  9. #777895
  10. #7b7c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6163ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0071ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0064e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007d99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0068ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #076fbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5157ea {
  color: #5157ea;
}
Background
.bg-5157ea {
  background-color: #5157ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5157ea {
  border: 2px solid #5157ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5157ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 87 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5157ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5157ea, #9751ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5157ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 87 234 / 0.35);
}

#6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 3.45 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 4.49 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.16 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.43 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.80 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.95 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 9.50 #aea815 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Majorelle Blue
#5157ea  rgb(81, 87, 234)  hsl(238, 78%, 62%)  Majorelle Blue
#eae451  rgb(234, 228, 81)  hsl(58, 78%, 62%)  Dandelion
#ea5157  rgb(234, 81, 87)  hsl(358, 78%, 62%)  Indian Red
#57ea51  rgb(87, 234, 81)  hsl(118, 78%, 62%)  Malachite