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#7984BB

#7984bb ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7984bb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 51.76% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.29% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 230°, with 32.67% saturation and 60.39% 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 5.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 6.39.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2416

Complementary

  1. #7984bb
  2. #bbb079

Split complementary

  1. #7984bb
  2. #bb8f79
  3. #a5bb79

Analogous

  1. #79a5bb
  2. #7984bb
  3. #8f79bb

Triadic

  1. #7984bb
  2. #bb7984
  3. #84bb79

Tetradic

  1. #7984bb
  2. #b079bb
  3. #bbb079
  4. #84bb79

Square

  1. #7984bb
  2. #bb79a5
  3. #bbb079
  4. #79bb8f

Monochromatic

  1. #343d67
  2. #4e5b9a
  3. #7984bb
  4. #acb3d5
  5. #dee1ef

Shades

#7984bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7984bb
  2. #6d77a8
  3. #616a96
  4. #555c83
  5. #494f70
  6. #3d425e
  7. #30354b
  8. #242838
  9. #181a25
  10. #0c0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#7984bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7984bb
  2. #8690c2
  3. #949dc9
  4. #a1a9cf
  5. #afb5d6
  6. #bcc2dd
  7. #c9cee4
  8. #d7daeb
  9. #e4e6f1
  10. #f2f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7984bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7984bb
  2. #7a84b5
  3. #7a83af
  4. #7b83a9
  5. #7c82a3
  6. #7d829e
  7. #7d8298
  8. #7e8192
  9. #7f818c
  10. #7f8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82869e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #738abd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e84ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #668f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7587bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7284ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6e8ba7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7984bb {
  color: #7984bb;
}
Background
.bg-7984bb {
  background-color: #7984bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7984bb {
  border: 2px solid #7984bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7984bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 132 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 33% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7984bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7984bb, #8f79bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7984bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 132 187 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.39 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.84 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.56 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.56 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.62 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.02 #867b44 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#7984bb  rgb(121, 132, 187)  hsl(230, 33%, 60%)  Glaucous
#bbb079  rgb(187, 176, 121)  hsl(50, 33%, 60%)  Ecru
#bb7984  rgb(187, 121, 132)  hsl(350, 33%, 60%)  Turkish Rose
#84bb79  rgb(132, 187, 121)  hsl(110, 33%, 60%)  Pistachio