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#5375CB

#5375cb ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5375cb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 45.88% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.11% cyan, 42.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 223°, with 53.57% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.8.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1887

Complementary

  1. #5375cb
  2. #cba953

Split complementary

  1. #5375cb
  2. #cb6d53
  3. #b1cb53

Analogous

  1. #53b1cb
  2. #5375cb
  3. #6d53cb

Triadic

  1. #5375cb
  2. #cb5375
  3. #75cb53

Tetradic

  1. #5375cb
  2. #a953cb
  3. #cba953
  4. #75cb53

Square

  1. #5375cb
  2. #cb53b1
  3. #cba953
  4. #53cb6d

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3366
  2. #3150a1
  3. #5375cb
  4. #8ea4dd
  5. #c8d3ef

Shades

#5375cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5375cb
  2. #4b69b7
  3. #425ea2
  4. #3a528e
  5. #32467a
  6. #2a3b66
  7. #212f51
  8. #19233d
  9. #111729
  10. #080c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#5375cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5375cb
  2. #6483d0
  3. #7591d5
  4. #879edb
  5. #98ace0
  6. #a9bae5
  7. #bac8ea
  8. #cbd6ef
  9. #dde3f5
  10. #eef1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5375cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5375cb
  2. #5876c4
  3. #5c77bc
  4. #6178b5
  5. #6579ad
  6. #6a7ba6
  7. #6e7c9e
  8. #737d97
  9. #777e8f
  10. #7c7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b77a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4f7ece ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e73c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008896 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #517bcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4774ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2e81ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5375cb {
  color: #5375cb;
}
Background
.bg-5375cb {
  background-color: #5375cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5375cb {
  border: 2px solid #5375cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5375cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 117 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 54% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5375cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5375cb, #6d53cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5375cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 117 203 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.80 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.07 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.60 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.21 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.85 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.14 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.75 #ac8a34 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#5375cb  rgb(83, 117, 203)  hsl(223, 54%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#cba953  rgb(203, 169, 83)  hsl(43, 54%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#cb5375  rgb(203, 83, 117)  hsl(343, 54%, 56%)  Blush
#75cb53  rgb(117, 203, 83)  hsl(103, 54%, 56%)  Mantis