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#537DDD

#537ddd ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#537ddd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.44% cyan, 43.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 221.74°, with 66.99% saturation and 59.61% 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 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2173

Complementary

  1. #537ddd
  2. #ddb353

Split complementary

  1. #537ddd
  2. #dd6e53
  3. #c2dd53

Analogous

  1. #53c2dd
  2. #537ddd
  3. #6e53dd

Triadic

  1. #537ddd
  2. #dd537d
  3. #7ddd53

Tetradic

  1. #537ddd
  2. #b353dd
  3. #ddb353
  4. #7ddd53

Square

  1. #537ddd
  2. #dd53c2
  3. #ddb353
  4. #53dd6e

Monochromatic

  1. #19387e
  2. #2654be
  3. #537ddd
  4. #93adea
  5. #d3def6

Shades

#537ddd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #537ddd
  2. #4b71c7
  3. #4264b1
  4. #3a589b
  5. #324b85
  6. #2a3f6f
  7. #213258
  8. #192642
  9. #11192c
  10. #080d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#537ddd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #537ddd
  2. #648ae0
  3. #7597e4
  4. #87a4e7
  5. #98b1eb
  6. #a9beee
  7. #bacbf1
  8. #cbd8f5
  9. #dde5f8
  10. #eef2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#537ddd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #537ddd
  2. #587dd4
  3. #5c7eca
  4. #617ec1
  5. #657eb8
  6. #6a7faf
  7. #6e7fa5
  8. #737f9c
  9. #777f93
  10. #7c8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #717fad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5087e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b7bdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5183df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #467cdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1e8bbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-537ddd {
  color: #537ddd;
}
Background
.bg-537ddd {
  background-color: #537ddd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-537ddd {
  border: 2px solid #537ddd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #537ddd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 125 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-537ddd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #537ddd, #6e53dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-537ddd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 125 221 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.58 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.24 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.75 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.88 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.72 #ac8222 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#537ddd  rgb(83, 125, 221)  hsl(222, 67%, 60%)  Glaucous
#ddb353  rgb(221, 179, 83)  hsl(42, 67%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#dd537d  rgb(221, 83, 125)  hsl(342, 67%, 60%)  Blush
#7ddd53  rgb(125, 221, 83)  hsl(102, 67%, 60%)  Pastel Green