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#055EEA

#055eea ≈ Royal Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#055eea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 36.86% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.86% cyan, 59.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 216.68°, with 95.82% saturation and 46.86% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.53:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.1398

Complementary

  1. #055eea
  2. #ea9105

Split complementary

  1. #055eea
  2. #ea1e05
  3. #d0ea05

Analogous

  1. #05d0ea
  2. #055eea
  3. #1e05ea

Triadic

  1. #055eea
  2. #ea055e
  3. #5eea05

Tetradic

  1. #055eea
  2. #9105ea
  3. #ea9105
  4. #5eea05

Square

  1. #055eea
  2. #ea05d0
  3. #ea9105
  4. #05ea1e

Monochromatic

  1. #022254
  2. #03409f
  3. #055eea
  4. #4189fb
  5. #8bb7fd

Shades

#055eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #055eea
  2. #0555d3
  3. #044bbb
  4. #0442a4
  5. #03388c
  6. #032f75
  7. #02265e
  8. #021c46
  9. #01132f
  10. #010917
  11. #000000

Tints

#055eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #055eea
  2. #1e6eec
  3. #377eee
  4. #508ef0
  5. #699ef2
  6. #82aff5
  7. #9bbff7
  8. #b4cff9
  9. #cddffb
  10. #e6effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#055eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #055eea
  2. #1161df
  3. #1e65d5
  4. #2a68ca
  5. #366cc0
  6. #436fb5
  7. #4f72aa
  8. #5b76a0
  9. #677995
  10. #747d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #686868 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5264ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00839b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #006bed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0076c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-055eea {
  color: #055eea;
}
Background
.bg-055eea {
  background-color: #055eea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-055eea {
  border: 2px solid #055eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #055eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 94 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 96% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-055eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #055eea, #1e05ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-055eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 94 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.22 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.64 #1560bd Denim ΔE 5.99 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.69 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.06 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.85 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 9.09 #faa115 Inverted #686868 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#055eea  rgb(5, 94, 234)  hsl(217, 96%, 47%)  Royal Blue
#ea9105  rgb(234, 145, 5)  hsl(37, 96%, 47%)  Carrot Orange
#ea055e  rgb(234, 5, 94)  hsl(337, 96%, 47%)  Raspberry
#5eea05  rgb(94, 234, 5)  hsl(97, 96%, 47%)  Lawn Green