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#6181EA

#6181ea ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6181ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 38.04% red, 50.59% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.55% cyan, 44.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225.99°, with 76.54% saturation and 64.9% 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 5.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.94.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2418

Complementary

  1. #6181ea
  2. #eaca61

Split complementary

  1. #6181ea
  2. #ea8661
  3. #c5ea61

Analogous

  1. #61c5ea
  2. #6181ea
  3. #8661ea

Triadic

  1. #6181ea
  2. #ea6181
  3. #81ea61

Tetradic

  1. #6181ea
  2. #ca61ea
  3. #eaca61
  4. #81ea61

Square

  1. #6181ea
  2. #ea61c5
  3. #eaca61
  4. #61ea86

Monochromatic

  1. #15359d
  2. #1e4be1
  3. #6181ea
  4. #a5b7f3
  5. #e8edfc

Shades

#6181ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6181ea
  2. #5774d3
  3. #4e67bb
  4. #445aa4
  5. #3a4d8c
  6. #314175
  7. #27345e
  8. #1d2746
  9. #131a2f
  10. #0a0d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6181ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6181ea
  2. #718eec
  3. #819aee
  4. #90a7f0
  5. #a0b3f2
  6. #b0c0f5
  7. #c0cdf7
  8. #d0d9f9
  9. #dfe6fb
  10. #eff2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6181ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6181ea
  2. #6481df
  3. #6781d5
  4. #6a81ca
  5. #6d81c0
  6. #7181b5
  7. #7480aa
  8. #7780a0
  9. #7a8095
  10. #7d808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a85b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #508dee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3c81e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0099aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5789ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d81e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3890c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6181ea {
  color: #6181ea;
}
Background
.bg-6181ea {
  background-color: #6181ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6181ea {
  border: 2px solid #6181ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6181ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 97 129 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 77% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6181ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6181ea, #8661ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6181ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(97 129 234 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.94 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.54 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.64 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.42 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.95 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.80 #9e7e15 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6181ea  rgb(97, 129, 234)  hsl(226, 77%, 65%)  Glaucous
#eaca61  rgb(234, 202, 97)  hsl(46, 77%, 65%)  Naples Yellow
#ea6181  rgb(234, 97, 129)  hsl(346, 77%, 65%)  Blush
#81ea61  rgb(129, 234, 97)  hsl(106, 77%, 65%)  Pastel Green