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#5178EA

#5178ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5178ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 47.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.38% cyan, 48.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 224.71°, 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.55.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2112

Complementary

  1. #5178ea
  2. #eac351

Split complementary

  1. #5178ea
  2. #ea7651
  3. #c4ea51

Analogous

  1. #51c4ea
  2. #5178ea
  3. #7651ea

Triadic

  1. #5178ea
  2. #ea5178
  3. #78ea51

Tetradic

  1. #5178ea
  2. #c351ea
  3. #eac351
  4. #78ea51

Square

  1. #5178ea
  2. #ea51c4
  3. #eac351
  4. #51ea76

Monochromatic

  1. #113291
  2. #1a49d5
  3. #5178ea
  4. #95adf2
  5. #dae2fa

Shades

#5178ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5178ea
  2. #496cd3
  3. #4160bb
  4. #3954a4
  5. #31488c
  6. #293c75
  7. #20305e
  8. #182446
  9. #10182f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5178ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5178ea
  2. #6286ec
  3. #7493ee
  4. #85a1f0
  5. #97aef2
  6. #a8bcf5
  7. #b9c9f7
  8. #cbd7f9
  9. #dce4fb
  10. #eef2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5178ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5178ea
  2. #5679df
  3. #5a7ad5
  4. #5f7aca
  5. #647bc0
  6. #697cb5
  7. #6d7daa
  8. #727ea0
  9. #777e95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f7cb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3a86ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0e78e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4481ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3578e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5178ea {
  color: #5178ea;
}
Background
.bg-5178ea {
  background-color: #5178ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5178ea {
  border: 2px solid #5178ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5178ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 120 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5178ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5178ea, #7651ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5178ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 120 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.55 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.41 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.02 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.32 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.83 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.49 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.61 #ae8715 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#5178ea  rgb(81, 120, 234)  hsl(225, 78%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#eac351  rgb(234, 195, 81)  hsl(45, 78%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#ea5178  rgb(234, 81, 120)  hsl(345, 78%, 62%)  Blush
#78ea51  rgb(120, 234, 81)  hsl(105, 78%, 62%)  Lawn Green