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#5E75B2

#5e75b2 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5e75b2 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 45.88% green and 69.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.19% cyan, 34.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.2% black. Its hue angle is 223.57°, with 35.29% saturation and 53.33% 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 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1832

Complementary

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #b29b5e

Split complementary

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #b2715e
  3. #9fb25e

Analogous

  1. #5e9fb2
  2. #5e75b2
  3. #715eb2

Triadic

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #b25e75
  3. #75b25e

Tetradic

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #9b5eb2
  3. #b29b5e
  4. #75b25e

Square

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #b25e9f
  3. #b29b5e
  4. #5eb271

Monochromatic

  1. #263250
  2. #3f5284
  3. #5e75b2
  4. #92a1cb
  5. #c5cee3

Shades

#5e75b2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #5569a0
  3. #4b5e8e
  4. #42527d
  5. #38466b
  6. #2f3b59
  7. #262f47
  8. #1c2335
  9. #131724
  10. #090c12
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e75b2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #6e83ba
  3. #7e91c1
  4. #8e9ec9
  5. #9eacd1
  6. #afbad9
  7. #bfc8e0
  8. #cfd6e8
  9. #dfe3f0
  10. #eff1f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e75b2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e75b2
  2. #6176ad
  3. #6577a8
  4. #6878a3
  5. #6c799e
  6. #6f7b99
  7. #727c94
  8. #767d8f
  9. #797e8a
  10. #7d7f85
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7692 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e7bb5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5673b1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3d828b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e78b4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5974b1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4c7d9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e75b2 {
  color: #5e75b2;
}
Background
.bg-5e75b2 {
  background-color: #5e75b2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e75b2 {
  border: 2px solid #5e75b2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e75b2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 117 178;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 35% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e75b2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e75b2, #715eb2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e75b2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 117 178 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.01 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.30 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.49 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.52 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.85 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 9.29 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.46 #a18a4d Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5e75b2  rgb(94, 117, 178)  hsl(224, 35%, 53%)  Glaucous
#b29b5e  rgb(178, 155, 94)  hsl(44, 35%, 53%)  Ecru
#b25e75  rgb(178, 94, 117)  hsl(344, 35%, 53%)  Rose Gold
#75b25e  rgb(117, 178, 94)  hsl(104, 35%, 53%)  Mantis