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#5775BB

#5775bb ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5775bb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 45.88% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.48% cyan, 37.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 222°, with 42.37% saturation and 53.73% 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1834

Complementary

  1. #5775bb
  2. #bb9d57

Split complementary

  1. #5775bb
  2. #bb6b57
  3. #a7bb57

Analogous

  1. #57a7bb
  2. #5775bb
  3. #6b57bb

Triadic

  1. #5775bb
  2. #bb5775
  3. #75bb57

Tetradic

  1. #5775bb
  2. #9d57bb
  3. #bb9d57
  4. #75bb57

Square

  1. #5775bb
  2. #bb57a7
  3. #bb9d57
  4. #57bb6b

Monochromatic

  1. #233256
  2. #39528d
  3. #5775bb
  4. #8da2d1
  5. #c4cee7

Shades

#5775bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5775bb
  2. #4e69a8
  3. #465e96
  4. #3d5283
  5. #344670
  6. #2c3b5e
  7. #232f4b
  8. #1a2338
  9. #111725
  10. #090c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5775bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5775bb
  2. #6883c2
  3. #7991c9
  4. #899ecf
  5. #9aacd6
  6. #abbadd
  7. #bcc8e4
  8. #cdd6eb
  9. #dde3f1
  10. #eef1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5775bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5775bb
  2. #5b76b5
  3. #5f77af
  4. #6378a9
  5. #6779a3
  6. #6c7b9e
  7. #707c98
  8. #747d92
  9. #787e8c
  10. #7c7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b7697 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #597cbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d73b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #23848f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5879bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5174ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3e7ea2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5775bb {
  color: #5775bb;
}
Background
.bg-5775bb {
  background-color: #5775bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5775bb {
  border: 2px solid #5775bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5775bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 117 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 42% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5775bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5775bb, #6b57bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5775bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 117 187 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.69 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.84 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.08 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.15 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.57 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.78 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.95 #a88a44 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5775bb  rgb(87, 117, 187)  hsl(222, 42%, 54%)  Glaucous
#bb9d57  rgb(187, 157, 87)  hsl(42, 42%, 54%)  Camel
#bb5775  rgb(187, 87, 117)  hsl(342, 42%, 54%)  Telemagenta
#75bb57  rgb(117, 187, 87)  hsl(102, 42%, 54%)  Mantis