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#557DCA

#557dca ≈ Glaucous

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#557dca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 49.02% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.92% cyan, 38.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 219.49°, with 52.47% saturation and 56.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.04.

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Relative luminance0.2086

Complementary

  1. #557dca
  2. #caa255

Split complementary

  1. #557dca
  2. #ca6755
  3. #b7ca55

Analogous

  1. #55b7ca
  2. #557dca
  3. #6755ca

Triadic

  1. #557dca
  2. #ca557d
  3. #7dca55

Tetradic

  1. #557dca
  2. #a255ca
  3. #caa255
  4. #7dca55

Square

  1. #557dca
  2. #ca55b7
  3. #caa255
  4. #55ca67

Monochromatic

  1. #203866
  2. #3258a0
  3. #557dca
  4. #8faadc
  5. #cad6ee

Shades

#557dca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #557dca
  2. #4d71b6
  3. #4464a2
  4. #3c588d
  5. #334b79
  6. #2b3f65
  7. #223251
  8. #1a263d
  9. #111928
  10. #090d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#557dca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #557dca
  2. #668acf
  3. #7797d5
  4. #88a4da
  5. #99b1df
  6. #aabee5
  7. #bbcbea
  8. #ccd8ef
  9. #dde5f4
  10. #eef2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#557dca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #557dca
  2. #597dc3
  3. #5e7ebb
  4. #627eb4
  5. #667eac
  6. #6b7fa5
  7. #6f7f9e
  8. #737f96
  9. #777f8f
  10. #7c8087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #707ea2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d84cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e79c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008e9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a81cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #517bc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3288af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-557dca {
  color: #557dca;
}
Background
.bg-557dca {
  background-color: #557dca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-557dca {
  border: 2px solid #557dca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #557dca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 125 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 52% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-557dca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #557dca, #6755ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-557dca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 125 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.04 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.00 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.94 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.81 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.05 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.23 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.58 #aa8235 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Glaucous
#557dca  rgb(85, 125, 202)  hsl(219, 52%, 56%)  Glaucous
#caa255  rgb(202, 162, 85)  hsl(39, 52%, 56%)  Indian Yellow
#ca557d  rgb(202, 85, 125)  hsl(339, 52%, 56%)  Blush
#7dca55  rgb(125, 202, 85)  hsl(99, 52%, 56%)  Mantis