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#5F7EA9

#5f7ea9 ≈ Glaucous

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5f7ea9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 49.41% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.79% cyan, 25.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 214.86°, with 30.08% saturation and 51.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 2.25.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2022

Complementary

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #a98a5f

Split complementary

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #a9655f
  3. #a3a95f

Analogous

  1. #5fa3a9
  2. #5f7ea9
  3. #655fa9

Triadic

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #a95f7e
  3. #7ea95f

Tetradic

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #8a5fa9
  3. #a98a5f
  4. #7ea95f

Square

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #a95fa3
  3. #a98a5f
  4. #5fa965

Monochromatic

  1. #273548
  2. #42597a
  3. #5f7ea9
  4. #91a6c4
  5. #c2cede

Shades

#5f7ea9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #567198
  3. #4c6587
  4. #435876
  5. #394c65
  6. #303f55
  7. #263244
  8. #1d2633
  9. #131922
  10. #0a0d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#5f7ea9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #6f8bb2
  3. #7f98ba
  4. #8fa5c3
  5. #9fb2cb
  6. #afbfd4
  7. #bfcbdd
  8. #cfd8e5
  9. #dfe5ee
  10. #eff2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5f7ea9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5f7ea9
  2. #627ea5
  3. #667ea1
  4. #697f9d
  5. #6c7f99
  6. #707f95
  7. #737f90
  8. #767f8c
  9. #798088
  10. #7d8084
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #727d90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e80ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6579a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #43878d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #687faa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #637ba8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #508499 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5f7ea9 {
  color: #5f7ea9;
}
Background
.bg-5f7ea9 {
  background-color: #5f7ea9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5f7ea9 {
  border: 2px solid #5f7ea9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5f7ea9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 126 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 30% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5f7ea9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5f7ea9, #655fa9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5f7ea9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 126 169 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 2.25 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.29 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.61 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.25 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.16 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.35 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.35 #a08156 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Glaucous
#5f7ea9  rgb(95, 126, 169)  hsl(215, 30%, 52%)  Glaucous
#a98a5f  rgb(169, 138, 95)  hsl(35, 30%, 52%)  Camel
#a95f7e  rgb(169, 95, 126)  hsl(335, 30%, 52%)  Mauve Taupe
#7ea95f  rgb(126, 169, 95)  hsl(95, 30%, 52%)  Asparagus