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#537DDC

#537ddc ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#537ddc is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 49.02% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.27% cyan, 43.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 221.61°, with 66.18% saturation and 59.41% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.5.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2167

Complementary

  1. #537ddc
  2. #dcb253

Split complementary

  1. #537ddc
  2. #dc6e53
  3. #c1dc53

Analogous

  1. #53c1dc
  2. #537ddc
  3. #6e53dc

Triadic

  1. #537ddc
  2. #dc537d
  3. #7ddc53

Tetradic

  1. #537ddc
  2. #b253dc
  3. #dcb253
  4. #7ddc53

Square

  1. #537ddc
  2. #dc53c1
  3. #dcb253
  4. #53dc6e

Monochromatic

  1. #19387d
  2. #2654bc
  3. #537ddc
  4. #93ade9
  5. #d2ddf6

Shades

#537ddc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #537ddc
  2. #4b71c6
  3. #4264b0
  4. #3a589a
  5. #324b84
  6. #2a3f6e
  7. #213258
  8. #192642
  9. #11192c
  10. #080d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#537ddc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #537ddc
  2. #648ae0
  3. #7597e3
  4. #87a4e7
  5. #98b1ea
  6. #a9beee
  7. #bacbf1
  8. #cbd8f5
  9. #dde5f8
  10. #eef2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#537ddc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #537ddc
  2. #587dd3
  3. #5c7eca
  4. #617ec0
  5. #657eb7
  6. #6a7fae
  7. #6e7fa5
  8. #737f9c
  9. #777f92
  10. #7c8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #717fad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5187e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3c7ada ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5283de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #467bdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1f8abc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-537ddc {
  color: #537ddc;
}
Background
.bg-537ddc {
  background-color: #537ddc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-537ddc {
  border: 2px solid #537ddc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #537ddc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 125 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 66% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-537ddc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #537ddc, #6e53dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-537ddc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 125 220 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.50 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.15 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.79 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.88 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.94 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.70 #ac8223 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#537ddc  rgb(83, 125, 220)  hsl(222, 66%, 59%)  Glaucous
#dcb253  rgb(220, 178, 83)  hsl(42, 66%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#dc537d  rgb(220, 83, 125)  hsl(342, 66%, 59%)  Blush
#7ddc53  rgb(125, 220, 83)  hsl(102, 66%, 59%)  Pastel Green