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#5175EA

#5175ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5175ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 45.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.38% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225.88°, 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.37.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2041

Complementary

  1. #5175ea
  2. #eac651

Split complementary

  1. #5175ea
  2. #ea7951
  3. #c1ea51

Analogous

  1. #51c1ea
  2. #5175ea
  3. #7951ea

Triadic

  1. #5175ea
  2. #ea5175
  3. #75ea51

Tetradic

  1. #5175ea
  2. #c651ea
  3. #eac651
  4. #75ea51

Square

  1. #5175ea
  2. #ea51c1
  3. #eac651
  4. #51ea79

Monochromatic

  1. #112f91
  2. #1a46d5
  3. #5175ea
  4. #95abf2
  5. #dae1fa

Shades

#5175ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5175ea
  2. #4969d3
  3. #415ebb
  4. #3952a4
  5. #31468c
  6. #293b75
  7. #202f5e
  8. #182346
  9. #10172f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5175ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5175ea
  2. #6283ec
  3. #7491ee
  4. #859ef0
  5. #97acf2
  6. #a8baf5
  7. #b9c8f7
  8. #cbd6f9
  9. #dce3fb
  10. #eef1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5175ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5175ea
  2. #5676df
  3. #5a77d5
  4. #5f78ca
  5. #6479c0
  6. #697bb5
  7. #6d7caa
  8. #727da0
  9. #777e95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7ab3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3184ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #407eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3176e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5175ea {
  color: #5175ea;
}
Background
.bg-5175ea {
  background-color: #5175ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5175ea {
  border: 2px solid #5175ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5175ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 117 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5175ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5175ea, #7951ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5175ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 117 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.37 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.51 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.02 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.86 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.36 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.78 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.87 #ae8a15 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#5175ea  rgb(81, 117, 234)  hsl(226, 78%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#eac651  rgb(234, 198, 81)  hsl(46, 78%, 62%)  Saffron
#ea5175  rgb(234, 81, 117)  hsl(346, 78%, 62%)  Blush
#75ea51  rgb(117, 234, 81)  hsl(106, 78%, 62%)  Neon Green