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#6E89BB

#6e89bb ≈ Glaucous

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6e89bb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 53.73% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.18% cyan, 26.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 218.96°, with 36.15% saturation and 58.24% 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 5.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.31.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2479

Complementary

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #bba06e

Split complementary

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #bb7a6e
  3. #b0bb6e

Analogous

  1. #6eb0bb
  2. #6e89bb
  3. #7a6ebb

Triadic

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #bb6e89
  3. #89bb6e

Tetradic

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #a06ebb
  3. #bba06e
  4. #89bb6e

Square

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #bb6eb0
  3. #bba06e
  4. #6ebb7a

Monochromatic

  1. #2e4062
  2. #466296
  3. #6e89bb
  4. #a2b3d3
  5. #d6deec

Shades

#6e89bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #637ba8
  3. #586e96
  4. #4d6083
  5. #425270
  6. #37455e
  7. #2c374b
  8. #212938
  9. #161b25
  10. #0b0e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6e89bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #7d95c2
  3. #8ba1c9
  4. #9aaccf
  5. #a8b8d6
  6. #b7c4dd
  7. #c5d0e4
  8. #d4dceb
  9. #e2e7f1
  10. #f1f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6e89bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6e89bb
  2. #7088b5
  3. #7287af
  4. #7386a9
  5. #7585a3
  6. #77859e
  7. #798498
  8. #7b8392
  9. #7c828c
  10. #7e8186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f899f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #778cbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f85ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #54949a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #748bbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f87ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f8fa8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6e89bb {
  color: #6e89bb;
}
Background
.bg-6e89bb {
  background-color: #6e89bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6e89bb {
  border: 2px solid #6e89bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6e89bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 137 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 36% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6e89bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6e89bb, #7a6ebb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6e89bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 137 187 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.91 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.33 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.96 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.06 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.09 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.14 #917644 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6e89bb  rgb(110, 137, 187)  hsl(219, 36%, 58%)  Glaucous
#bba06e  rgb(187, 160, 110)  hsl(39, 36%, 58%)  Camel
#bb6e89  rgb(187, 110, 137)  hsl(339, 36%, 58%)  Turkish Rose
#89bb6e  rgb(137, 187, 110)  hsl(99, 36%, 58%)  Pistachio