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#5877EA

#5877ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5877ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.51% red, 46.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.39% cyan, 49.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 227.26°, with 77.66% saturation and 63.14% 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 5.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 5.29.

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Relative luminance0.2121

Complementary

  1. #5877ea
  2. #eacb58

Split complementary

  1. #5877ea
  2. #ea8258
  3. #c0ea58

Analogous

  1. #58c0ea
  2. #5877ea
  3. #8258ea

Triadic

  1. #5877ea
  2. #ea5877
  3. #77ea58

Tetradic

  1. #5877ea
  2. #cb58ea
  3. #eacb58
  4. #77ea58

Square

  1. #5877ea
  2. #ea58c0
  3. #eacb58
  4. #58ea82

Monochromatic

  1. #132f96
  2. #1b44da
  3. #5877ea
  4. #9caef3
  5. #e0e6fb

Shades

#5877ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5877ea
  2. #4f6bd3
  3. #465fbb
  4. #3e53a4
  5. #35478c
  6. #2c3c75
  7. #23305e
  8. #1a2446
  9. #12182f
  10. #090c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5877ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5877ea
  2. #6985ec
  3. #7992ee
  4. #8aa0f0
  5. #9badf2
  6. #acbbf5
  7. #bcc9f7
  8. #cdd6f9
  9. #dee4fb
  10. #eef1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5877ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5877ea
  2. #5c78df
  3. #6079d5
  4. #647aca
  5. #687bc0
  6. #6c7cb5
  7. #707caa
  8. #747da0
  9. #787e95
  10. #7c7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #717cb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3986ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1479e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0092a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4780ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b78e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2288c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5877ea {
  color: #5877ea;
}
Background
.bg-5877ea {
  background-color: #5877ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5877ea {
  border: 2px solid #5877ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5877ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 88 119 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5877ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5877ea, #8258ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5877ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(88 119 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.29 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.40 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.73 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.67 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.80 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.46 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.31 #a78815 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#5877ea  rgb(88, 119, 234)  hsl(227, 78%, 63%)  Brandeis Blue
#eacb58  rgb(234, 203, 88)  hsl(47, 78%, 63%)  Naples Yellow
#ea5877  rgb(234, 88, 119)  hsl(347, 78%, 63%)  Blush
#77ea58  rgb(119, 234, 88)  hsl(107, 78%, 63%)  Pastel Green