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#5C799C

#5c799c ≈ Glaucous

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5c799c is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.08% red, 47.45% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.03% cyan, 22.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.82% black. Its hue angle is 212.81°, with 25.81% saturation and 48.63% 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1835

Complementary

  1. #5c799c
  2. #9c7f5c

Split complementary

  1. #5c799c
  2. #9c5f5c
  3. #999c5c

Analogous

  1. #5c999c
  2. #5c799c
  3. #5f5c9c

Triadic

  1. #5c799c
  2. #9c5c79
  3. #799c5c

Tetradic

  1. #5c799c
  2. #7f5c9c
  3. #9c7f5c
  4. #799c5c

Square

  1. #5c799c
  2. #9c5c99
  3. #9c7f5c
  4. #5c9c5f

Monochromatic

  1. #232e3c
  2. #40546c
  3. #5c799c
  4. #8aa0ba
  5. #bac7d7

Shades

#5c799c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5c799c
  2. #536d8c
  3. #4a617d
  4. #40556d
  5. #37495e
  6. #2e3d4e
  7. #25303e
  8. #1c242f
  9. #12181f
  10. #090c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#5c799c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5c799c
  2. #6c86a6
  3. #7d94b0
  4. #8da1ba
  5. #9dafc4
  6. #aebcce
  7. #bec9d7
  8. #ced7e1
  9. #dee4eb
  10. #eff2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5c799c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5c799c
  2. #607a99
  3. #637a96
  4. #677b94
  5. #6a7c91
  6. #6e7d8e
  7. #727d8b
  8. #757e88
  9. #797f86
  10. #7c7f83
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d7887 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c7a9e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #64749b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #458185 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #667a9d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61769c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4f7e8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5c799c {
  color: #5c799c;
}
Background
.bg-5c799c {
  background-color: #5c799c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5c799c {
  border: 2px solid #5c799c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5c799c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 121 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 26% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5c799c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5c799c, #5f5c9c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5c799c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 121 156 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.95 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.20 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.36 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.37 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.15 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.73 #a38663 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5c799c  rgb(92, 121, 156)  hsl(213, 26%, 49%)  Glaucous
#9c7f5c  rgb(156, 127, 92)  hsl(33, 26%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#9c5c79  rgb(156, 92, 121)  hsl(333, 26%, 49%)  Mauve Taupe
#799c5c  rgb(121, 156, 92)  hsl(93, 26%, 49%)  Asparagus