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#5A70DD

#5a70dd ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5a70dd is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 43.92% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.28% cyan, 49.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 229.92°, with 65.83% saturation and 60.98% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.63.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1898

Complementary

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #ddc75a

Split complementary

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #dd855a
  3. #b2dd5a

Analogous

  1. #5ab2dd
  2. #5a70dd
  3. #855add

Triadic

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #dd5a70
  3. #70dd5a

Tetradic

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #c75add
  3. #ddc75a
  4. #70dd5a

Square

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #dd5ab2
  3. #ddc75a
  4. #5add85

Monochromatic

  1. #1b2c83
  2. #2842c2
  3. #5a70dd
  4. #99a7ea
  5. #d9def7

Shades

#5a70dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #5165c7
  3. #485ab1
  4. #3f4e9b
  5. #364385
  6. #2d386f
  7. #242d58
  8. #1b2242
  9. #12162c
  10. #090b16
  11. #000000

Tints

#5a70dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #6b7ee0
  3. #7b8de4
  4. #8c9be7
  5. #9ca9eb
  6. #adb8ee
  7. #bdc6f1
  8. #ced4f5
  9. #dee2f8
  10. #eff1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5a70dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5a70dd
  2. #5e72d4
  3. #6273ca
  4. #6575c1
  5. #6976b8
  6. #6d78af
  7. #717aa5
  8. #757b9c
  9. #787d93
  10. #7c7e89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e75aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #377fe1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1d73db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00899c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4779df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e72dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3380ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5a70dd {
  color: #5a70dd;
}
Background
.bg-5a70dd {
  background-color: #5a70dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5a70dd {
  border: 2px solid #5a70dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5a70dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 112 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 66% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5a70dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5a70dd, #855add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5a70dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 112 221 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.63 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.43 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.21 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.26 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.52 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.73 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.78 #a58f22 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#5a70dd  rgb(90, 112, 221)  hsl(230, 66%, 61%)  Royal Blue
#ddc75a  rgb(221, 199, 90)  hsl(50, 66%, 61%)  Old Gold
#dd5a70  rgb(221, 90, 112)  hsl(350, 66%, 61%)  Blush
#70dd5a  rgb(112, 221, 90)  hsl(110, 66%, 61%)  Pastel Green