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#5B60EA

#5b60ea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5b60ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 37.65% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.11% cyan, 58.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 237.9°, with 77.3% saturation and 63.73% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 3.92.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1653

Complementary

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #eae55b

Split complementary

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #ea9e5b
  3. #a8ea5b

Analogous

  1. #5ba8ea
  2. #5b60ea
  3. #9e5bea

Triadic

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #ea5b60
  3. #60ea5b

Tetradic

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #e55bea
  3. #eae55b
  4. #60ea5b

Square

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #ea5ba8
  3. #eae55b
  4. #5bea9e

Monochromatic

  1. #141898
  2. #1c23dc
  3. #5b60ea
  4. #9fa2f3
  5. #e3e4fb

Shades

#5b60ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #5256d3
  3. #494dbb
  4. #4043a4
  5. #373a8c
  6. #2e3075
  7. #24265e
  8. #1b1d46
  9. #12132f
  10. #090a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5b60ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #6b70ec
  3. #7c80ee
  4. #8c90f0
  5. #9da0f2
  6. #adb0f5
  7. #bdbff7
  8. #cecff9
  9. #dedffb
  10. #efeffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5b60ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5b60ea
  2. #5f63df
  3. #6266d5
  4. #666aca
  5. #6a6dc0
  6. #6e70b5
  7. #7173aa
  8. #7576a0
  9. #797a95
  10. #7c7d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #696baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00829c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2b6fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1e67e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2e76c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5b60ea {
  color: #5b60ea;
}
Background
.bg-5b60ea {
  background-color: #5b60ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5b60ea {
  border: 2px solid #5b60ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5b60ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 96 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5b60ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5b60ea, #9e5bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5b60ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 96 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.92 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.13 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 5.32 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.43 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.59 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 6.44 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.93 #a49f15 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#5b60ea  rgb(91, 96, 234)  hsl(238, 77%, 64%)  Ultramarine Blue
#eae55b  rgb(234, 229, 91)  hsl(58, 77%, 64%)  Icterine
#ea5b60  rgb(234, 91, 96)  hsl(358, 77%, 64%)  Neon Fuchsia
#60ea5b  rgb(96, 234, 91)  hsl(118, 77%, 64%)  Malachite