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#6D83CD

#6d83cd ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6d83cd is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 51.37% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.83% cyan, 36.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 226.25°, with 48.98% saturation and 61.57% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.18.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2389

Complementary

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #cdb76d

Split complementary

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #cd876d
  3. #b3cd6d

Analogous

  1. #6db3cd
  2. #6d83cd
  3. #876dcd

Triadic

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #cd6d83
  3. #83cd6d

Tetradic

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #b76dcd
  3. #cdb76d
  4. #83cd6d

Square

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #cd6db3
  3. #cdb76d
  4. #6dcd87

Monochromatic

  1. #293b78
  2. #3d57b1
  3. #6d83cd
  4. #a6b3e1
  5. #dfe4f4

Shades

#6d83cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #6276b9
  3. #5769a4
  4. #4c5c90
  5. #414f7b
  6. #374267
  7. #2c3452
  8. #21273e
  9. #161a29
  10. #0b0d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#6d83cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #7c8fd2
  3. #8a9cd7
  4. #99a8dc
  5. #a7b5e1
  6. #b6c1e6
  7. #c5cdeb
  8. #d3daf0
  9. #e2e6f5
  10. #f0f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6d83cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6d83cd
  2. #6f83c5
  3. #7182be
  4. #7382b6
  5. #7582ae
  6. #7782a7
  7. #78819f
  8. #7a8197
  9. #7c818f
  10. #7e8088
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d85a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #688bd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e82cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #48929e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a88cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6483cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #598db3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6d83cd {
  color: #6d83cd;
}
Background
.bg-6d83cd {
  background-color: #6d83cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6d83cd {
  border: 2px solid #6d83cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6d83cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 131 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 49% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6d83cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6d83cd, #876dcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6d83cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 131 205 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.68 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.82 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.33 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.29 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.29 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.97 #927c32 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6d83cd  rgb(109, 131, 205)  hsl(226, 49%, 62%)  Glaucous
#cdb76d  rgb(205, 183, 109)  hsl(46, 49%, 62%)  Vegas Gold
#cd6d83  rgb(205, 109, 131)  hsl(346, 49%, 62%)  Pale Violet Red
#83cd6d  rgb(131, 205, 109)  hsl(106, 49%, 62%)  Mantis