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#5779CA

#5779ca ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5779ca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 47.45% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.93% cyan, 40.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 222.26°, with 52.04% saturation and 56.67% 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 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.88.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1997

Complementary

  1. #5779ca
  2. #caa857

Split complementary

  1. #5779ca
  2. #ca6f57
  3. #b3ca57

Analogous

  1. #57b3ca
  2. #5779ca
  3. #6f57ca

Triadic

  1. #5779ca
  2. #ca5779
  3. #79ca57

Tetradic

  1. #5779ca
  2. #a857ca
  3. #caa857
  4. #79ca57

Square

  1. #5779ca
  2. #ca57b3
  3. #caa857
  4. #57ca6f

Monochromatic

  1. #213667
  2. #3354a2
  3. #5779ca
  4. #91a7dc
  5. #cbd6ef

Shades

#5779ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5779ca
  2. #4e6db6
  3. #4661a2
  4. #3d558d
  5. #344979
  6. #2c3d65
  7. #233051
  8. #1a243d
  9. #111828
  10. #090c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#5779ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5779ca
  2. #6886cf
  3. #7994d5
  4. #89a1da
  5. #9aafdf
  6. #abbce5
  7. #bcc9ea
  8. #cdd7ef
  9. #dde4f4
  10. #eef2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5779ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5779ca
  2. #5b7ac3
  3. #5f7abb
  4. #637bb4
  5. #677cac
  6. #6c7da5
  7. #707d9e
  8. #747e96
  9. #787f8f
  10. #7c7f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f7aa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5781cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4877c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008b98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #577ecc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e78c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3784ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5779ca {
  color: #5779ca;
}
Background
.bg-5779ca {
  background-color: #5779ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5779ca {
  border: 2px solid #5779ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5779ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 121 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 52% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5779ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5779ca, #6f57ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5779ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 121 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.88 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.15 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.05 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.71 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.15 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.49 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.84 #a88635 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5779ca  rgb(87, 121, 202)  hsl(222, 52%, 57%)  Glaucous
#caa857  rgb(202, 168, 87)  hsl(42, 52%, 57%)  Metallic Gold
#ca5779  rgb(202, 87, 121)  hsl(342, 52%, 57%)  Blush
#79ca57  rgb(121, 202, 87)  hsl(102, 52%, 57%)  Mantis