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#6178BB

#6178bb ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6178bb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 38.04% red, 47.06% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.13% cyan, 35.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 224.67°, with 39.82% saturation and 55.69% 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 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1956

Complementary

  1. #6178bb
  2. #bba461

Split complementary

  1. #6178bb
  2. #bb7761
  3. #a5bb61

Analogous

  1. #61a5bb
  2. #6178bb
  3. #7761bb

Triadic

  1. #6178bb
  2. #bb6178
  3. #78bb61

Tetradic

  1. #6178bb
  2. #a461bb
  3. #bba461
  4. #78bb61

Square

  1. #6178bb
  2. #bb61a5
  3. #bba461
  4. #61bb77

Monochromatic

  1. #27355c
  2. #3e5491
  3. #6178bb
  4. #96a6d2
  5. #ccd3e9

Shades

#6178bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6178bb
  2. #576ca8
  3. #4e6096
  4. #445483
  5. #3a4870
  6. #313c5e
  7. #27304b
  8. #1d2438
  9. #131825
  10. #0a0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6178bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6178bb
  2. #7186c2
  3. #8193c9
  4. #90a1cf
  5. #a0aed6
  6. #b0bcdd
  7. #c0c9e4
  8. #d0d7eb
  9. #dfe4f1
  10. #eff2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6178bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6178bb
  2. #6479b5
  3. #677aaf
  4. #6a7aa9
  5. #6d7ba3
  6. #717c9e
  7. #747d98
  8. #777e92
  9. #7a7e8c
  10. #7d7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #717998 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f7fbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5677ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3d8691 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #607cbd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a77ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4e81a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6178bb {
  color: #6178bb;
}
Background
.bg-6178bb {
  background-color: #6178bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6178bb {
  border: 2px solid #6178bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6178bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 97 120 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 40% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6178bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6178bb, #7761bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6178bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(97 120 187 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.13 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.05 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.42 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.61 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.79 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.19 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 9.26 #9e8744 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6178bb  rgb(97, 120, 187)  hsl(225, 40%, 56%)  Glaucous
#bba461  rgb(187, 164, 97)  hsl(45, 40%, 56%)  Ecru
#bb6178  rgb(187, 97, 120)  hsl(345, 40%, 56%)  Rose Gold
#78bb61  rgb(120, 187, 97)  hsl(105, 40%, 56%)  Mantis