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#5179CD

#5179cd ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5179cd is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 47.45% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.49% cyan, 40.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 220.65°, with 55.36% saturation and 56.08% 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 4.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.14.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1983

Complementary

  1. #5179cd
  2. #cda551

Split complementary

  1. #5179cd
  2. #cd6751
  3. #b7cd51

Analogous

  1. #51b7cd
  2. #5179cd
  3. #6751cd

Triadic

  1. #5179cd
  2. #cd5179
  3. #79cd51

Tetradic

  1. #5179cd
  2. #a551cd
  3. #cda551
  4. #79cd51

Square

  1. #5179cd
  2. #cd51b7
  3. #cda551
  4. #51cd67

Monochromatic

  1. #1e3567
  2. #2f54a3
  3. #5179cd
  4. #8ca7de
  5. #c8d5ef

Shades

#5179cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5179cd
  2. #496db9
  3. #4161a4
  4. #395590
  5. #31497b
  6. #293d67
  7. #203052
  8. #18243e
  9. #101829
  10. #080c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#5179cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5179cd
  2. #6286d2
  3. #7494d7
  4. #85a1dc
  5. #97afe1
  6. #a8bce6
  7. #b9c9eb
  8. #cbd7f0
  9. #dce4f5
  10. #eef2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5179cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5179cd
  2. #567ac5
  3. #5a7abe
  4. #5f7bb6
  5. #647cae
  6. #697da7
  7. #6d7d9f
  8. #727e97
  9. #777f8f
  10. #7b7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d7aa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5481d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4376cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008c99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #537ecf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4977cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2785b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5179cd {
  color: #5179cd;
}
Background
.bg-5179cd {
  background-color: #5179cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5179cd {
  border: 2px solid #5179cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5179cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 121 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 55% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5179cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5179cd, #6751cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5179cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 121 205 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.14 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.34 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.89 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.98 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.55 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.55 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.74 #ae8632 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5179cd  rgb(81, 121, 205)  hsl(221, 55%, 56%)  Glaucous
#cda551  rgb(205, 165, 81)  hsl(41, 55%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#cd5179  rgb(205, 81, 121)  hsl(341, 55%, 56%)  Blush
#79cd51  rgb(121, 205, 81)  hsl(101, 55%, 56%)  Mantis