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#5E76BD

#5e76bd ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5e76bd is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 46.27% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.26% cyan, 37.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 224.84°, with 41.85% saturation and 55.49% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.62.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1901

Complementary

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #bda55e

Split complementary

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #bd755e
  3. #a6bd5e

Analogous

  1. #5ea6bd
  2. #5e76bd
  3. #755ebd

Triadic

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #bd5e76
  3. #76bd5e

Tetradic

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #a55ebd
  3. #bda55e
  4. #76bd5e

Square

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #bd5ea6
  3. #bda55e
  4. #5ebd75

Monochromatic

  1. #26345c
  2. #3c5292
  3. #5e76bd
  4. #94a4d3
  5. #cbd2e9

Shades

#5e76bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #556aaa
  3. #4b5e97
  4. #425384
  5. #384771
  6. #2f3b5f
  7. #262f4c
  8. #1c2339
  9. #131826
  10. #090c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e76bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #6e84c4
  3. #7e91ca
  4. #8e9fd1
  5. #9eadd7
  6. #afbbde
  7. #bfc8e5
  8. #cfd6eb
  9. #dfe4f2
  10. #eff1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e76bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e76bd
  2. #6177b7
  3. #6578b1
  4. #6879ab
  5. #6c7aa5
  6. #6f7b9f
  7. #727c98
  8. #767d92
  9. #797e8c
  10. #7d7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f7899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b7dc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5075bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #358590 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c7abf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5675bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #497fa4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e76bd {
  color: #5e76bd;
}
Background
.bg-5e76bd {
  background-color: #5e76bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e76bd {
  border: 2px solid #5e76bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e76bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 118 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 42% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e76bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e76bd, #755ebd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e76bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 118 189 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.62 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.64 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.93 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.30 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 8.52 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.65 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.71 #a18942 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5e76bd  rgb(94, 118, 189)  hsl(225, 42%, 55%)  Glaucous
#bda55e  rgb(189, 165, 94)  hsl(45, 42%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#bd5e76  rgb(189, 94, 118)  hsl(345, 42%, 55%)  Rose Gold
#76bd5e  rgb(118, 189, 94)  hsl(105, 42%, 55%)  Mantis