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#7579CD

#7579cd ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7579cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.88% red, 47.45% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.93% cyan, 40.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 237.27°, with 46.81% saturation and 63.14% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 7.35.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2186

Complementary

  1. #7579cd
  2. #cdc975

Split complementary

  1. #7579cd
  2. #cd9d75
  3. #a5cd75

Analogous

  1. #75a5cd
  2. #7579cd
  3. #9d75cd

Triadic

  1. #7579cd
  2. #cd7579
  3. #79cd75

Tetradic

  1. #7579cd
  2. #c975cd
  3. #cdc975
  4. #79cd75

Square

  1. #7579cd
  2. #cd75a5
  3. #cdc975
  4. #75cd9d

Monochromatic

  1. #2d317c
  2. #4147b4
  3. #7579cd
  4. #adb0e1
  5. #e5e6f6

Shades

#7579cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7579cd
  2. #696db9
  3. #5e61a4
  4. #525590
  5. #46497b
  6. #3b3d67
  7. #2f3052
  8. #23243e
  9. #171829
  10. #0c0c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#7579cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7579cd
  2. #8386d2
  3. #9194d7
  4. #9ea1dc
  5. #acafe1
  6. #babce6
  7. #c8c9eb
  8. #d6d7f0
  9. #e3e4f5
  10. #f1f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7579cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7579cd
  2. #767ac5
  3. #777abe
  4. #787bb6
  5. #797cae
  6. #7b7da7
  7. #7c7d9f
  8. #7d7e97
  9. #7e7f8f
  10. #7f7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7ea5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a84d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #557ecb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #598a99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6680cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #637ccc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6584b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7579cd {
  color: #7579cd;
}
Background
.bg-7579cd {
  background-color: #7579cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7579cd {
  border: 2px solid #7579cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7579cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 117 121 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 47% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7579cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7579cd, #9d75cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7579cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(117 121 205 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.35 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.53 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.82 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.42 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.03 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.37 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.43 #8a8632 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#7579cd  rgb(117, 121, 205)  hsl(237, 47%, 63%)  Glaucous
#cdc975  rgb(205, 201, 117)  hsl(57, 47%, 63%)  Dark Khaki
#cd7579  rgb(205, 117, 121)  hsl(357, 47%, 63%)  Old Rose
#79cd75  rgb(121, 205, 117)  hsl(117, 47%, 63%)  Mantis