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#5B7DAE

#5b7dae ≈ Glaucous

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5b7dae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 49.02% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.7% cyan, 28.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 215.42°, with 33.88% saturation and 51.96% 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 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 2.06.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1995

Complementary

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #ae8c5b

Split complementary

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #ae625b
  3. #a7ae5b

Analogous

  1. #5ba7ae
  2. #5b7dae
  3. #625bae

Triadic

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #ae5b7d
  3. #7dae5b

Tetradic

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #8c5bae
  3. #ae8c5b
  4. #7dae5b

Square

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #ae5ba7
  3. #ae8c5b
  4. #5bae62

Monochromatic

  1. #25354b
  2. #3e587e
  3. #5b7dae
  4. #8ea6c7
  5. #c1cee1

Shades

#5b7dae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #52719d
  3. #49648b
  4. #40587a
  5. #374b68
  6. #2e3f57
  7. #243246
  8. #1b2634
  9. #121923
  10. #090d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#5b7dae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #6b8ab6
  3. #7c97be
  4. #8ca4c6
  5. #9db1ce
  6. #adbed7
  7. #bdcbdf
  8. #ced8e7
  9. #dee5ef
  10. #eff2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5b7dae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5b7dae
  2. #5f7da9
  3. #627ea5
  4. #667ea0
  5. #6a7e9c
  6. #6e7f97
  7. #717f92
  8. #757f8e
  9. #797f89
  10. #7c8085
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #707c92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a80b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6178ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #38888e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #657faf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e7aad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #49849c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5b7dae {
  color: #5b7dae;
}
Background
.bg-5b7dae {
  background-color: #5b7dae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5b7dae {
  border: 2px solid #5b7dae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5b7dae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 125 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 34% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5b7dae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5b7dae, #625bae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5b7dae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 125 174 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 2.06 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.42 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.26 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.64 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.64 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.83 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.35 #a48251 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5b7dae  rgb(91, 125, 174)  hsl(215, 34%, 52%)  Glaucous
#ae8c5b  rgb(174, 140, 91)  hsl(35, 34%, 52%)  Camel
#ae5b7d  rgb(174, 91, 125)  hsl(335, 34%, 52%)  Mulberry
#7dae5b  rgb(125, 174, 91)  hsl(95, 34%, 52%)  Asparagus