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#5C78CB

#5c78cb ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5c78cb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.08% red, 47.06% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.68% cyan, 40.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 224.86°, with 51.63% saturation and 57.84% 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 5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.35.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2002

Complementary

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #cbaf5c

Split complementary

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #cb775c
  3. #b0cb5c

Analogous

  1. #5cb0cb
  2. #5c78cb
  3. #775ccb

Triadic

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #cb5c78
  3. #78cb5c

Tetradic

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #af5ccb
  3. #cbaf5c
  4. #78cb5c

Square

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #cb5cb0
  3. #cbaf5c
  4. #5ccb77

Monochromatic

  1. #22356c
  2. #3551a6
  3. #5c78cb
  4. #96a8dd
  5. #d0d8f0

Shades

#5c78cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #536cb7
  3. #4a60a2
  4. #40548e
  5. #37487a
  6. #2e3c66
  7. #253051
  8. #1c243d
  9. #121829
  10. #090c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#5c78cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #6c86d0
  3. #7d93d5
  4. #8da1db
  5. #9daee0
  6. #aebce5
  7. #bec9ea
  8. #ced7ef
  9. #dee4f5
  10. #eff2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5c78cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5c78cb
  2. #6079c4
  3. #637abc
  4. #677ab5
  5. #6a7bad
  6. #6e7ca6
  7. #727d9e
  8. #757e97
  9. #797e8f
  10. #7c7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #707aa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5581ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4877c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1e8a98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #587dcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5177ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4083af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5c78cb {
  color: #5c78cb;
}
Background
.bg-5c78cb {
  background-color: #5c78cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5c78cb {
  border: 2px solid #5c78cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5c78cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 120 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 52% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5c78cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5c78cb, #775ccb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5c78cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 120 203 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.35 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.96 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.32 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.23 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.60 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.14 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.58 #a38734 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5c78cb  rgb(92, 120, 203)  hsl(225, 52%, 58%)  Glaucous
#cbaf5c  rgb(203, 175, 92)  hsl(45, 52%, 58%)  Vegas Gold
#cb5c78  rgb(203, 92, 120)  hsl(345, 52%, 58%)  Blush
#78cb5c  rgb(120, 203, 92)  hsl(105, 52%, 58%)  Mantis