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#577BE6

#577be6 ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#577be6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 48.24% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.17% cyan, 46.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 224.9°, with 74.09% saturation and 62.16% 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 5.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 5.56.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2191

Complementary

  1. #577be6
  2. #e6c257

Split complementary

  1. #577be6
  2. #e67b57
  3. #c2e657

Analogous

  1. #57c2e6
  2. #577be6
  3. #7b57e6

Triadic

  1. #577be6
  2. #e6577b
  3. #7be657

Tetradic

  1. #577be6
  2. #c257e6
  3. #e6c257
  4. #7be657

Square

  1. #577be6
  2. #e657c2
  3. #e6c257
  4. #57e67b

Monochromatic

  1. #15348f
  2. #1f4cd1
  3. #577be6
  4. #9aaff0
  5. #dce4fa

Shades

#577be6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #577be6
  2. #4e6fcf
  3. #4662b8
  4. #3d56a1
  5. #344a8a
  6. #2c3e73
  7. #23315c
  8. #1a2545
  9. #11192e
  10. #090c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#577be6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #577be6
  2. #6888e9
  3. #7995eb
  4. #89a3ee
  5. #9ab0f0
  6. #abbdf3
  7. #bccaf5
  8. #cdd7f8
  9. #dde5fa
  10. #eef2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#577be6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #577be6
  2. #5b7cdc
  3. #5f7cd2
  4. #637dc7
  5. #677dbd
  6. #6c7eb3
  7. #707ea9
  8. #747f9f
  9. #787f94
  10. #7c808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #727fb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4688ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2c7be4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d83e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #417be5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #228ac3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-577be6 {
  color: #577be6;
}
Background
.bg-577be6 {
  background-color: #577be6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-577be6 {
  border: 2px solid #577be6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #577be6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 123 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 74% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-577be6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #577be6, #7b57e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-577be6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 123 230 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.56 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.66 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.37 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.77 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.86 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.34 #a88419 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#577be6  rgb(87, 123, 230)  hsl(225, 74%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#e6c257  rgb(230, 194, 87)  hsl(45, 74%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#e6577b  rgb(230, 87, 123)  hsl(345, 74%, 62%)  Blush
#7be657  rgb(123, 230, 87)  hsl(105, 74%, 62%)  Pastel Green