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#175F87

#175f87 ≈ Sea Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#175f87 is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 37.25% green and 52.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.96% cyan, 29.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black. Its hue angle is 201.43°, with 70.89% saturation and 30.98% 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 corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Sea Blue (#006994), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#006699
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Relative luminance0.1012

Complementary

  1. #175f87
  2. #873f17

Split complementary

  1. #175f87
  2. #871727
  3. #877717

Analogous

  1. #178777
  2. #175f87
  3. #172787

Triadic

  1. #175f87
  2. #87175f
  3. #5f8717

Tetradic

  1. #175f87
  2. #3f1787
  3. #873f17
  4. #5f8717

Square

  1. #175f87
  2. #771787
  3. #873f17
  4. #278717

Monochromatic

  1. #030c11
  2. #0c3146
  3. #175f87
  4. #228dc8
  5. #55b0e2

Shades

#175f87 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175f87
  2. #15567a
  3. #124c6c
  4. #10435f
  5. #0e3951
  6. #0c3044
  7. #092636
  8. #071d29
  9. #05131b
  10. #020a0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#175f87 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175f87
  2. #2e6f93
  3. #457f9f
  4. #5d8fab
  5. #749fb7
  6. #8bafc3
  7. #a2bfcf
  8. #b9cfdb
  9. #d1dfe7
  10. #e8eff3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175f87 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175f87
  2. #226286
  3. #2c6686
  4. #376985
  5. #416c84
  6. #4c7084
  7. #567383
  8. #617682
  9. #6b7981
  10. #767d81
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5a5a5a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #485c6f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4c5f89 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d5586 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00696d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3d5f88 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #315987 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #006578 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-175f87 {
  color: #175f87;
}
Background
.bg-175f87 {
  background-color: #175f87;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175f87 {
  border: 2px solid #175f87;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175f87;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 95 135;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 71% 31%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175f87 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175f87, #172787);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175f87 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 95 135 / 0.35);
}

#006994 Sea Blue ΔE 3.75 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 4.89 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 5.14 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.97 #1560bd Denim ΔE 8.08 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 8.39 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 8.86 #e8a078 Inverted #5a5a5a Grayscale 

Sea Blue
#175f87  rgb(23, 95, 135)  hsl(201, 71%, 31%)  Sea Blue
#873f17  rgb(135, 63, 23)  hsl(21, 71%, 31%)  Saddle Brown
#87175f  rgb(135, 23, 95)  hsl(321, 71%, 31%)  Boysenberry
#5f8717  rgb(95, 135, 23)  hsl(81, 71%, 31%)  Avocado