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#537AD8

#537ad8 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#537ad8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 47.84% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.57% cyan, 43.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 222.41°, with 63.03% saturation and 58.63% 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 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2072

Complementary

  1. #537ad8
  2. #d8b153

Split complementary

  1. #537ad8
  2. #d86f53
  3. #bcd853

Analogous

  1. #53bcd8
  2. #537ad8
  3. #6f53d8

Triadic

  1. #537ad8
  2. #d8537a
  3. #7ad853

Tetradic

  1. #537ad8
  2. #b153d8
  3. #d8b153
  4. #7ad853

Square

  1. #537ad8
  2. #d853bc
  3. #d8b153
  4. #53d86f

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3677
  2. #2952b5
  3. #537ad8
  4. #91aae6
  5. #d0daf4

Shades

#537ad8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #537ad8
  2. #4b6ec2
  3. #4262ad
  4. #3a5597
  5. #324982
  6. #2a3d6c
  7. #213156
  8. #192541
  9. #11182b
  10. #080c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#537ad8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #537ad8
  2. #6487dc
  3. #7595e0
  4. #87a2e4
  5. #98afe8
  6. #a9bdec
  7. #bacaef
  8. #cbd7f3
  9. #dde4f7
  10. #eef2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#537ad8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #537ad8
  2. #587bcf
  3. #5c7bc6
  4. #617cbe
  5. #657cb5
  6. #6a7dac
  7. #6e7ea3
  8. #737e9a
  9. #777f92
  10. #7c7f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f7ca9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4f84dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a78d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5080da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4579d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2387b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-537ad8 {
  color: #537ad8;
}
Background
.bg-537ad8 {
  background-color: #537ad8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-537ad8 {
  border: 2px solid #537ad8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #537ad8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 122 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 63% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-537ad8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #537ad8, #6f53d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-537ad8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 122 216 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.60 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.23 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.56 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.90 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.20 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.33 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.48 #ac8527 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Glaucous
#537ad8  rgb(83, 122, 216)  hsl(222, 63%, 59%)  Glaucous
#d8b153  rgb(216, 177, 83)  hsl(42, 63%, 59%)  Metallic Gold
#d8537a  rgb(216, 83, 122)  hsl(342, 63%, 59%)  Blush
#7ad853  rgb(122, 216, 83)  hsl(102, 63%, 59%)  Pastel Green