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#5688B9

#5688b9 ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5688b9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 53.33% green and 72.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.51% cyan, 26.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 209.7°, with 41.42% 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 5.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2309

Complementary

  1. #5688b9
  2. #b98756

Split complementary

  1. #5688b9
  2. #b95657
  3. #b9b956

Analogous

  1. #56b9b9
  2. #5688b9
  3. #5657b9

Triadic

  1. #5688b9
  2. #b95688
  3. #88b956

Tetradic

  1. #5688b9
  2. #8756b9
  3. #b98756
  4. #88b956

Square

  1. #5688b9
  2. #b956b9
  3. #b98756
  4. #57b956

Monochromatic

  1. #233b53
  2. #39628a
  3. #5688b9
  4. #8caecf
  5. #c2d4e6

Shades

#5688b9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5688b9
  2. #4d7aa7
  3. #456d94
  4. #3c5f82
  5. #34526f
  6. #2b445d
  7. #22364a
  8. #1a2938
  9. #111b25
  10. #090e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5688b9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5688b9
  2. #6794c0
  3. #78a0c7
  4. #89acce
  5. #9ab8d5
  6. #abc4dc
  7. #bbcfe3
  8. #ccdbea
  9. #dde7f1
  10. #eef3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5688b9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5688b9
  2. #5a87b3
  3. #5e86ae
  4. #6386a8
  5. #6785a2
  6. #6b849d
  7. #6f8397
  8. #738291
  9. #78828b
  10. #7c8186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #74869c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #748abb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6780b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1b9399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6989ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6183b8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3b8fa7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5688b9 {
  color: #5688b9;
}
Background
.bg-5688b9 {
  background-color: #5688b9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5688b9 {
  border: 2px solid #5688b9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5688b9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 136 185;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 41% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5688b9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5688b9, #5657b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5688b9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 136 185 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.00 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.01 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.35 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.74 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.96 #a97746 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#5688b9  rgb(86, 136, 185)  hsl(210, 41%, 53%)  Steel Blue
#b98756  rgb(185, 135, 86)  hsl(30, 41%, 53%)  Peru
#b95688  rgb(185, 86, 136)  hsl(330, 41%, 53%)  Mulberry
#88b956  rgb(136, 185, 86)  hsl(90, 41%, 53%)  Pistachio