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#5B79BB

#5b79bb ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5b79bb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 47.45% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.34% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 41.38% saturation and 54.51% 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 4.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1949

Complementary

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #bb9d5b

Split complementary

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #bb6d5b
  3. #a9bb5b

Analogous

  1. #5ba9bb
  2. #5b79bb
  3. #6d5bbb

Triadic

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #bb5b79
  3. #79bb5b

Tetradic

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #9d5bbb
  3. #bb9d5b
  4. #79bb5b

Square

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #bb5ba9
  3. #bb9d5b
  4. #5bbb6d

Monochromatic

  1. #253558
  2. #3b558e
  3. #5b79bb
  4. #91a5d1
  5. #c7d1e8

Shades

#5b79bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #526da8
  3. #496196
  4. #405583
  5. #374970
  6. #2e3d5e
  7. #24304b
  8. #1b2438
  9. #121825
  10. #090c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5b79bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #6b86c2
  3. #7c94c9
  4. #8ca1cf
  5. #9dafd6
  6. #adbcdd
  7. #bdc9e4
  8. #ced7eb
  9. #dee4f1
  10. #eff2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5b79bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5b79bb
  2. #5f7ab5
  3. #627aaf
  4. #667ba9
  5. #6a7ca3
  6. #6e7d9e
  7. #717d98
  8. #757e92
  9. #797f8c
  10. #7c7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f7a98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f7fbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5476ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2e8791 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e7dbd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5777ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4482a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5b79bb {
  color: #5b79bb;
}
Background
.bg-5b79bb {
  background-color: #5b79bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5b79bb {
  border: 2px solid #5b79bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5b79bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 121 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 41% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5b79bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5b79bb, #6d5bbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5b79bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 121 187 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.34 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.45 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.03 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.19 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.97 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.12 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.25 #a48644 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5b79bb  rgb(91, 121, 187)  hsl(221, 41%, 55%)  Glaucous
#bb9d5b  rgb(187, 157, 91)  hsl(41, 41%, 55%)  Camel
#bb5b79  rgb(187, 91, 121)  hsl(341, 41%, 55%)  Rose Gold
#79bb5b  rgb(121, 187, 91)  hsl(101, 41%, 55%)  Mantis