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#5E7AB8

#5e7ab8 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5e7ab8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 47.84% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.91% cyan, 33.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 221.33°, with 38.79% saturation and 54.51% 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 4.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.07.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1976

Complementary

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #b89c5e

Split complementary

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #b86f5e
  3. #a7b85e

Analogous

  1. #5ea7b8
  2. #5e7ab8
  3. #6f5eb8

Triadic

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #b85e7a
  3. #7ab85e

Tetradic

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #9c5eb8
  3. #b89c5e
  4. #7ab85e

Square

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #b85ea7
  3. #b89c5e
  4. #5eb86f

Monochromatic

  1. #263557
  2. #3e568c
  3. #5e7ab8
  4. #93a6cf
  5. #c8d2e7

Shades

#5e7ab8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #556ea6
  3. #4b6293
  4. #425581
  5. #38496e
  6. #2f3d5c
  7. #26314a
  8. #1c2537
  9. #131825
  10. #090c12
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e7ab8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #6e87bf
  3. #7e95c6
  4. #8ea2cd
  5. #9eafd4
  6. #afbddc
  7. #bfcae3
  8. #cfd7ea
  9. #dfe4f1
  10. #eff2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e7ab8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e7ab8
  2. #617bb2
  3. #657bad
  4. #687ca7
  5. #6c7ca2
  6. #6f7d9c
  7. #727e96
  8. #767e91
  9. #797f8b
  10. #7d7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #707b97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #637fbb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5977b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #388790 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #617dba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b78b7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4a82a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e7ab8 {
  color: #5e7ab8;
}
Background
.bg-5e7ab8 {
  background-color: #5e7ab8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e7ab8 {
  border: 2px solid #5e7ab8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e7ab8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 122 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 39% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e7ab8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e7ab8, #6f5eb8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e7ab8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 122 184 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.07 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.84 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.36 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.62 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.41 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.56 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.86 #a18547 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5e7ab8  rgb(94, 122, 184)  hsl(221, 39%, 55%)  Glaucous
#b89c5e  rgb(184, 156, 94)  hsl(41, 39%, 55%)  Camel
#b85e7a  rgb(184, 94, 122)  hsl(341, 39%, 55%)  Rose Gold
#7ab85e  rgb(122, 184, 94)  hsl(101, 39%, 55%)  Mantis