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#5A74EA

#5a74ea ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5a74ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 45.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.54% cyan, 50.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 229.17°, with 77.42% saturation and 63.53% 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 5.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.206

Complementary

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #ead05a

Split complementary

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #ea885a
  3. #bcea5a

Analogous

  1. #5abcea
  2. #5a74ea
  3. #885aea

Triadic

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #ea5a74
  3. #74ea5a

Tetradic

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #d05aea
  3. #ead05a
  4. #74ea5a

Square

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #ea5abc
  3. #ead05a
  4. #5aea88

Monochromatic

  1. #132b98
  2. #1c3fdc
  3. #5a74ea
  4. #9eadf3
  5. #e2e6fb

Shades

#5a74ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #5168d3
  3. #485dbb
  4. #3f51a4
  5. #36468c
  6. #2d3a75
  7. #242e5e
  8. #1b2346
  9. #12172f
  10. #090c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5a74ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #6b82ec
  3. #7b90ee
  4. #8c9ef0
  5. #9cacf2
  6. #adbaf5
  7. #bdc7f7
  8. #ced5f9
  9. #dee3fb
  10. #eff1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5a74ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5a74ea
  2. #5e75df
  3. #6276d5
  4. #6578ca
  5. #6979c0
  6. #6d7ab5
  7. #717baa
  8. #757ca0
  9. #787e95
  10. #7c7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #717ab3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3184ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0177e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #457eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3976e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2885c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5a74ea {
  color: #5a74ea;
}
Background
.bg-5a74ea {
  background-color: #5a74ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5a74ea {
  border: 2px solid #5a74ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5a74ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 116 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5a74ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5a74ea, #885aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5a74ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 116 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.83 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.90 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.54 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.34 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.42 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.58 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.04 #a58b15 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#5a74ea  rgb(90, 116, 234)  hsl(229, 77%, 64%)  Royal Blue
#ead05a  rgb(234, 208, 90)  hsl(49, 77%, 64%)  Naples Yellow
#ea5a74  rgb(234, 90, 116)  hsl(349, 77%, 64%)  Neon Fuchsia
#74ea5a  rgb(116, 234, 90)  hsl(109, 77%, 64%)  Pastel Green