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#7175BD

#7175bd ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7175bd is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.31% red, 45.88% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.21% cyan, 38.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 236.84°, with 36.54% saturation and 59.22% 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 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 7.65.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1991

Complementary

  1. #7175bd
  2. #bdb971

Split complementary

  1. #7175bd
  2. #bd9371
  3. #9bbd71

Analogous

  1. #719bbd
  2. #7175bd
  3. #9371bd

Triadic

  1. #7175bd
  2. #bd7175
  3. #75bd71

Tetradic

  1. #7175bd
  2. #b971bd
  3. #bdb971
  4. #75bd71

Square

  1. #7175bd
  2. #bd719b
  3. #bdb971
  4. #71bd93

Monochromatic

  1. #2f3266
  2. #484c9a
  3. #7175bd
  4. #a5a8d5
  5. #d9dbee

Shades

#7175bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7175bd
  2. #6669aa
  3. #5a5e97
  4. #4f5284
  5. #444671
  6. #393b5f
  7. #2d2f4c
  8. #222339
  9. #171726
  10. #0b0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#7175bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7175bd
  2. #7f83c4
  3. #8d91ca
  4. #9c9ed1
  5. #aaacd7
  6. #b8bade
  7. #c6c8e5
  8. #d4d6eb
  9. #e3e3f2
  10. #f1f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7175bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7175bd
  2. #7376b7
  3. #7477b1
  4. #7678ab
  5. #7779a5
  6. #797b9f
  7. #7a7c98
  8. #7c7d92
  9. #7d7e8c
  10. #7f7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #77799a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c7ec0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5879bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5a8390 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #657bbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6377bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #647ea4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7175bd {
  color: #7175bd;
}
Background
.bg-7175bd {
  background-color: #7175bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7175bd {
  border: 2px solid #7175bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7175bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 113 117 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 37% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7175bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7175bd, #9371bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7175bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(113 117 189 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.65 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.89 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.89 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.63 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.65 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.18 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.75 #8e8a42 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Glaucous
#7175bd  rgb(113, 117, 189)  hsl(237, 37%, 59%)  Glaucous
#bdb971  rgb(189, 185, 113)  hsl(57, 37%, 59%)  Dark Khaki
#bd7175  rgb(189, 113, 117)  hsl(357, 37%, 59%)  Rose Gold
#75bd71  rgb(117, 189, 113)  hsl(117, 37%, 59%)  Mantis