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#5B65EA

#5b65ea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5b65ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 39.61% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.11% cyan, 56.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 235.8°, 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1747

Complementary

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #eae05b

Split complementary

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #ea995b
  3. #adea5b

Analogous

  1. #5badea
  2. #5b65ea
  3. #995bea

Triadic

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #ea5b65
  3. #65ea5b

Tetradic

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #e05bea
  3. #eae05b
  4. #65ea5b

Square

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #ea5bad
  3. #eae05b
  4. #5bea99

Monochromatic

  1. #141d98
  2. #1c2adc
  3. #5b65ea
  4. #9fa5f3
  5. #e3e4fb

Shades

#5b65ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #525bd3
  3. #4951bb
  4. #4047a4
  5. #373d8c
  6. #2e3375
  7. #24285e
  8. #1b1e46
  9. #12142f
  10. #090a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#5b65ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #6b74ec
  3. #7c84ee
  4. #8c93f0
  5. #9da3f2
  6. #adb2f5
  7. #bdc1f7
  8. #ced1f9
  9. #dee0fb
  10. #eff0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5b65ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #5f68df
  3. #626ad5
  4. #666dca
  5. #6a70c0
  6. #6e73b5
  7. #7175aa
  8. #7578a0
  9. #797b95
  10. #7c7d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #747474 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b6eb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00859e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3272ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #266ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2d79c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5b65ea {
  color: #5b65ea;
}
Background
.bg-5b65ea {
  background-color: #5b65ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5b65ea {
  border: 2px solid #5b65ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5b65ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 101 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5b65ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5b65ea, #995bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5b65ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 101 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.12 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.50 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.29 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.10 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 6.85 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.80 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 7.84 #a49a15 Inverted #747474 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#5b65ea  rgb(91, 101, 234)  hsl(236, 77%, 64%)  Ultramarine Blue
#eae05b  rgb(234, 224, 91)  hsl(56, 77%, 64%)  Straw
#ea5b65  rgb(234, 91, 101)  hsl(356, 77%, 64%)  Neon Fuchsia
#65ea5b  rgb(101, 234, 91)  hsl(116, 77%, 64%)  Pastel Green