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#5A7ADE

#5a7ade ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5a7ade is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 47.84% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.46% cyan, 45.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 225.45°, with 66.67% saturation and 61.18% 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 5.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.2.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2137

Complementary

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #debe5a

Split complementary

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #de7c5a
  3. #bcde5a

Analogous

  1. #5abcde
  2. #5a7ade
  3. #7c5ade

Triadic

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #de5a7a
  3. #7ade5a

Tetradic

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #be5ade
  3. #debe5a
  4. #7ade5a

Square

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #de5abc
  3. #debe5a
  4. #5ade7c

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3485
  2. #274dc4
  3. #5a7ade
  4. #9aadeb
  5. #dae1f8

Shades

#5a7ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #516ec8
  3. #4862b2
  4. #3f559b
  5. #364985
  6. #2d3d6f
  7. #243159
  8. #1b2543
  9. #12182c
  10. #090c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#5a7ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #6b87e1
  3. #7b95e5
  4. #8ca2e8
  5. #9cafeb
  6. #adbdef
  7. #bdcaf2
  8. #ced7f5
  9. #dee4f8
  10. #eff2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5a7ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5a7ade
  2. #5e7bd5
  3. #627bcb
  4. #657cc2
  5. #697cb8
  6. #6d7daf
  7. #717ea6
  8. #757e9c
  9. #787f93
  10. #7c7f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #727dad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b86e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #377adc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5281e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #487add ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3188bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5a7ade {
  color: #5a7ade;
}
Background
.bg-5a7ade {
  background-color: #5a7ade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5a7ade {
  border: 2px solid #5a7ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5a7ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 122 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 67% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5a7ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5a7ade, #7c5ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5a7ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 122 222 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.20 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.01 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.04 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.69 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.00 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.40 #a58521 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5a7ade  rgb(90, 122, 222)  hsl(225, 67%, 61%)  Glaucous
#debe5a  rgb(222, 190, 90)  hsl(45, 67%, 61%)  Old Gold
#de5a7a  rgb(222, 90, 122)  hsl(345, 67%, 61%)  Blush
#7ade5a  rgb(122, 222, 90)  hsl(105, 67%, 61%)  Pastel Green