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#5F78CA

#5f78ca ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5f78ca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 47.06% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.97% cyan, 40.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 225.98°, with 50.23% saturation and 58.24% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.47.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2013

Complementary

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #cab15f

Split complementary

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #ca7c5f
  3. #aeca5f

Analogous

  1. #5faeca
  2. #5f78ca
  3. #7c5fca

Triadic

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #ca5f78
  3. #78ca5f

Tetradic

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #b15fca
  3. #cab15f
  4. #78ca5f

Square

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #ca5fae
  3. #cab15f
  4. #5fca7c

Monochromatic

  1. #24356c
  2. #3751a6
  3. #5f78ca
  4. #98a9dd
  5. #d2d9f0

Shades

#5f78ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #566cb6
  3. #4c60a2
  4. #43548d
  5. #394879
  6. #303c65
  7. #263051
  8. #1d243d
  9. #131828
  10. #0a0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#5f78ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #6f86cf
  3. #7f93d5
  4. #8fa1da
  5. #9faedf
  6. #afbce5
  7. #bfc9ea
  8. #cfd7ef
  9. #dfe4f4
  10. #eff2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5f78ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5f78ca
  2. #6279c3
  3. #667abb
  4. #697ab4
  5. #6c7bac
  6. #707ca5
  7. #737d9e
  8. #767e96
  9. #797e8f
  10. #7d7f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #717aa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5681cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4a78c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2b8a97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a7dcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5378c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4583ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5f78ca {
  color: #5f78ca;
}
Background
.bg-5f78ca {
  background-color: #5f78ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5f78ca {
  border: 2px solid #5f78ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5f78ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 120 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 50% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5f78ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5f78ca, #7c5fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5f78ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 120 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.47 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.24 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.85 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.74 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.57 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 9.17 #a08735 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5f78ca  rgb(95, 120, 202)  hsl(226, 50%, 58%)  Glaucous
#cab15f  rgb(202, 177, 95)  hsl(46, 50%, 58%)  Vegas Gold
#ca5f78  rgb(202, 95, 120)  hsl(346, 50%, 58%)  Blush
#78ca5f  rgb(120, 202, 95)  hsl(106, 50%, 58%)  Mantis