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#5A7FA6

#5a7fa6 ≈ Glaucous

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5a7fa6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 49.8% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.78% cyan, 23.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 210.79°, with 29.92% saturation and 50.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.28.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2011

Complementary

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #a6815a

Split complementary

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #a65b5a
  3. #a5a65a

Analogous

  1. #5aa5a6
  2. #5a7fa6
  3. #5b5aa6

Triadic

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #a65a7f
  3. #7fa65a

Tetradic

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #815aa6
  3. #a6815a
  4. #7fa65a

Square

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #a65aa5
  3. #a6815a
  4. #5aa65b

Monochromatic

  1. #243343
  2. #3f5975
  3. #5a7fa6
  4. #8ca6c1
  5. #bdccdc

Shades

#5a7fa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #517295
  3. #486685
  4. #3f5974
  5. #364c64
  6. #2d4053
  7. #243342
  8. #1b2632
  9. #121921
  10. #090d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#5a7fa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #6b8caf
  3. #7b99b8
  4. #8ca5c1
  5. #9cb2ca
  6. #adbfd3
  7. #bdccdb
  8. #ced9e4
  9. #dee5ed
  10. #eff2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5a7fa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5a7fa6
  2. #5e7fa2
  3. #627f9e
  4. #657f9b
  5. #697f97
  6. #6d8093
  7. #71808f
  8. #75808b
  9. #788088
  10. #7c8084
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #707d8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7080a8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6678a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3b888c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6880a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #627ba6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #498497 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5a7fa6 {
  color: #5a7fa6;
}
Background
.bg-5a7fa6 {
  background-color: #5a7fa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5a7fa6 {
  border: 2px solid #5a7fa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5a7fa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 127 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 30% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5a7fa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5a7fa6, #5b5aa6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5a7fa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 127 166 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.28 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.92 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.45 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.56 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.67 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.68 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.68 #a58059 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5a7fa6  rgb(90, 127, 166)  hsl(211, 30%, 50%)  Glaucous
#a6815a  rgb(166, 129, 90)  hsl(31, 30%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#a65a7f  rgb(166, 90, 127)  hsl(331, 30%, 50%)  Mulberry
#7fa65a  rgb(127, 166, 90)  hsl(91, 30%, 50%)  Asparagus