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#5F7DBF

#5f7dbf ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5f7dbf is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 49.02% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.26% cyan, 34.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 42.86% saturation and 56.08% 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 2.31.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2086

Complementary

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #bfa15f

Split complementary

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #bf715f
  3. #adbf5f

Analogous

  1. #5fadbf
  2. #5f7dbf
  3. #715fbf

Triadic

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #bf5f7d
  3. #7dbf5f

Tetradic

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #a15fbf
  3. #bfa15f
  4. #7dbf5f

Square

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #bf5fad
  3. #bfa15f
  4. #5fbf71

Monochromatic

  1. #26385f
  2. #3c5896
  3. #5f7dbf
  4. #96a9d5
  5. #ccd6eb

Shades

#5f7dbf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #5671ac
  3. #4c6499
  4. #435886
  5. #394b73
  6. #303f60
  7. #26324c
  8. #1d2639
  9. #131926
  10. #0a0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5f7dbf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #6f8ac5
  3. #7f97cc
  4. #8fa4d2
  5. #9fb1d9
  6. #afbedf
  7. #bfcbe5
  8. #cfd8ec
  9. #dfe5f2
  10. #eff2f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5f7dbf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5f7dbf
  2. #627db9
  3. #667eb2
  4. #697eac
  5. #6c7ea6
  6. #707fa0
  7. #737f99
  8. #767f93
  9. #797f8d
  10. #7d8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #737e9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6483c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #597abe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #348b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6280c1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b7bbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4986a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5f7dbf {
  color: #5f7dbf;
}
Background
.bg-5f7dbf {
  background-color: #5f7dbf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5f7dbf {
  border: 2px solid #5f7dbf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5f7dbf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 125 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 43% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5f7dbf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5f7dbf, #715fbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5f7dbf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 125 191 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 2.31 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.53 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.00 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.92 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.58 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.66 #a08240 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5f7dbf  rgb(95, 125, 191)  hsl(221, 43%, 56%)  Glaucous
#bfa15f  rgb(191, 161, 95)  hsl(41, 43%, 56%)  Camel
#bf5f7d  rgb(191, 95, 125)  hsl(341, 43%, 56%)  Blush
#7dbf5f  rgb(125, 191, 95)  hsl(101, 43%, 56%)  Mantis