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#5176EA

#5176ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5176ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 46.27% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.38% cyan, 49.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225.49°, 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 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.4.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2065

Complementary

  1. #5176ea
  2. #eac551

Split complementary

  1. #5176ea
  2. #ea7851
  3. #c2ea51

Analogous

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #5176ea
  3. #7851ea

Triadic

  1. #5176ea
  2. #ea5176
  3. #76ea51

Tetradic

  1. #5176ea
  2. #c551ea
  3. #eac551
  4. #76ea51

Square

  1. #5176ea
  2. #ea51c2
  3. #eac551
  4. #51ea78

Monochromatic

  1. #113091
  2. #1a47d5
  3. #5176ea
  4. #95acf2
  5. #dae1fa

Shades

#5176ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5176ea
  2. #496ad3
  3. #415ebb
  4. #3953a4
  5. #31478c
  6. #293b75
  7. #202f5e
  8. #182346
  9. #10182f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5176ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5176ea
  2. #6284ec
  3. #7491ee
  4. #859ff0
  5. #97adf2
  6. #a8bbf5
  7. #b9c8f7
  8. #cbd6f9
  9. #dce4fb
  10. #eef1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5176ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5176ea
  2. #5677df
  3. #5a78d5
  4. #5f79ca
  5. #647ac0
  6. #697bb5
  7. #6d7caa
  8. #727da0
  9. #777e95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7bb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3485ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #427fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3276e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5176ea {
  color: #5176ea;
}
Background
.bg-5176ea {
  background-color: #5176ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5176ea {
  border: 2px solid #5176ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5176ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 118 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5176ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5176ea, #7851ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5176ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 118 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.40 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.80 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.35 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.67 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.17 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.71 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.83 #ae8915 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#5176ea  rgb(81, 118, 234)  hsl(225, 78%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#eac551  rgb(234, 197, 81)  hsl(45, 78%, 62%)  Saffron
#ea5176  rgb(234, 81, 118)  hsl(345, 78%, 62%)  Blush
#76ea51  rgb(118, 234, 81)  hsl(105, 78%, 62%)  Neon Green