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#5E81CF

#5e81cf ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5e81cf is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 50.59% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.59% cyan, 37.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 221.42°, with 54.07% saturation and 59.02% 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 5.52:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 2.99.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2259

Complementary

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #cfac5e

Split complementary

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #cf745e
  3. #b9cf5e

Analogous

  1. #5eb9cf
  2. #5e81cf
  3. #745ecf

Triadic

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #cf5e81
  3. #81cf5e

Tetradic

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #ac5ecf
  3. #cfac5e
  4. #81cf5e

Square

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #cf5eb9
  3. #cfac5e
  4. #5ecf74

Monochromatic

  1. #223b72
  2. #3459ad
  3. #5e81cf
  4. #99afe1
  5. #d4ddf2

Shades

#5e81cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #5574ba
  3. #4b67a6
  4. #425a91
  5. #384d7c
  6. #2f4168
  7. #263453
  8. #1c273e
  9. #131a29
  10. #090d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e81cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #6e8ed4
  3. #7e9ad9
  4. #8ea7dd
  5. #9eb3e2
  6. #afc0e7
  7. #bfcdec
  8. #cfd9f1
  9. #dfe6f5
  10. #eff2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e81cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e81cf
  2. #6181c7
  3. #6581bf
  4. #6881b7
  5. #6c81af
  6. #6f81a8
  7. #7280a0
  8. #768098
  9. #798090
  10. #7d8088
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7682a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6188d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #547ecd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1d929e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6085d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #587fce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #408cb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e81cf {
  color: #5e81cf;
}
Background
.bg-5e81cf {
  background-color: #5e81cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e81cf {
  border: 2px solid #5e81cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e81cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 129 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 54% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e81cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e81cf, #745ecf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e81cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 129 207 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 2.99 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.54 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.46 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.21 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.80 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.84 #a17e30 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5e81cf  rgb(94, 129, 207)  hsl(221, 54%, 59%)  Glaucous
#cfac5e  rgb(207, 172, 94)  hsl(41, 54%, 59%)  Metallic Gold
#cf5e81  rgb(207, 94, 129)  hsl(341, 54%, 59%)  Blush
#81cf5e  rgb(129, 207, 94)  hsl(101, 54%, 59%)  Mantis