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#558ABA

#558aba ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#558aba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 54.12% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.3% cyan, 25.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 208.51°, with 42.26% saturation and 53.14% 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 5.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.25.

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Relative luminance0.2365

Complementary

  1. #558aba
  2. #ba8555

Split complementary

  1. #558aba
  2. #ba5558
  3. #bab755

Analogous

  1. #55bab7
  2. #558aba
  3. #5558ba

Triadic

  1. #558aba
  2. #ba558a
  3. #8aba55

Tetradic

  1. #558aba
  2. #8555ba
  3. #ba8555
  4. #8aba55

Square

  1. #558aba
  2. #b755ba
  3. #ba8555
  4. #58ba55

Monochromatic

  1. #223c54
  2. #38638a
  3. #558aba
  4. #8bafd0
  5. #c2d5e6

Shades

#558aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #558aba
  2. #4d7ca7
  3. #446e95
  4. #3c6182
  5. #335370
  6. #2b455d
  7. #22374a
  8. #1a2938
  9. #111c25
  10. #090e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#558aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #558aba
  2. #6696c1
  3. #77a1c8
  4. #88adcf
  5. #99b9d6
  6. #aac5dd
  7. #bbd0e3
  8. #ccdcea
  9. #dde8f1
  10. #eef3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#558aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #558aba
  2. #5989b4
  3. #5e88ae
  4. #6287a9
  5. #6686a3
  6. #6b859d
  7. #6f8497
  8. #738391
  9. #77828c
  10. #7c8186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #75879d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #768bbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6981b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #14959a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a8bbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6185b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3991a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-558aba {
  color: #558aba;
}
Background
.bg-558aba {
  background-color: #558aba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-558aba {
  border: 2px solid #558aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #558aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 138 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 42% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-558aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #558aba, #5558ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-558aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 138 186 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.74 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.89 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.62 #aa7545 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#558aba  rgb(85, 138, 186)  hsl(209, 42%, 53%)  Steel Blue
#ba8555  rgb(186, 133, 85)  hsl(29, 42%, 53%)  Peru
#ba558a  rgb(186, 85, 138)  hsl(329, 42%, 53%)  Mulberry
#8aba55  rgb(138, 186, 85)  hsl(89, 42%, 53%)  Pistachio