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#175EEA

#175eea ≈ Royal Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#175eea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 36.86% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.17% cyan, 59.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 219.81°, with 83.4% saturation and 50.39% 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 5.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.

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Relative luminance0.1413

Complementary

  1. #175eea
  2. #eaa317

Split complementary

  1. #175eea
  2. #ea3917
  3. #c7ea17

Analogous

  1. #17c7ea
  2. #175eea
  3. #3917ea

Triadic

  1. #175eea
  2. #ea175e
  3. #5eea17

Tetradic

  1. #175eea
  2. #a317ea
  3. #eaa317
  4. #5eea17

Square

  1. #175eea
  2. #ea17c7
  3. #eaa317
  4. #17ea39

Monochromatic

  1. #09265f
  2. #0f42a6
  3. #175eea
  4. #5d8ff0
  5. #a3bff7

Shades

#175eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175eea
  2. #1555d3
  3. #124bbb
  4. #1042a4
  5. #0e388c
  6. #0c2f75
  7. #09265e
  8. #071c46
  9. #05132f
  10. #020917
  11. #000000

Tints

#175eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175eea
  2. #2e6eec
  3. #457eee
  4. #5d8ef0
  5. #749ef2
  6. #8baff5
  7. #a2bff7
  8. #b9cff9
  9. #d1dffb
  10. #e8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175eea
  2. #2261df
  3. #2c65d5
  4. #3768ca
  5. #416cc0
  6. #4c6fb5
  7. #5672aa
  8. #6176a0
  9. #6b7995
  10. #767d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #696969 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5465ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0060e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00829b ≈ 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-175eea {
  color: #175eea;
}
Background
.bg-175eea {
  background-color: #175eea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175eea {
  border: 2px solid #175eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 94 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175eea, #3917ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 94 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.00 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.27 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.33 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.71 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.26 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.73 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.74 #e8a115 Inverted #696969 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#175eea  rgb(23, 94, 234)  hsl(220, 83%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#eaa317  rgb(234, 163, 23)  hsl(40, 83%, 50%)  Marigold
#ea175e  rgb(234, 23, 94)  hsl(340, 83%, 50%)  Raspberry
#5eea17  rgb(94, 234, 23)  hsl(100, 83%, 50%)  Harlequin