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#656A9B

#656a9b ≈ Queen Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#656a9b is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 41.57% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.84% cyan, 31.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black. Its hue angle is 234.44°, with 21.26% saturation and 50.2% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Queen Blue (#436b95), ΔE 9.88.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1544

Complementary

  1. #656a9b
  2. #9b9665

Split complementary

  1. #656a9b
  2. #9b7b65
  3. #859b65

Analogous

  1. #65859b
  2. #656a9b
  3. #7b659b

Triadic

  1. #656a9b
  2. #9b656a
  3. #6a9b65

Tetradic

  1. #656a9b
  2. #96659b
  3. #9b9665
  4. #6a9b65

Square

  1. #656a9b
  2. #9b6585
  3. #9b9665
  4. #659b7b

Monochromatic

  1. #292b3e
  2. #474a6d
  3. #656a9b
  4. #9397b9
  5. #c2c4d7

Shades

#656a9b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656a9b
  2. #5b5f8c
  3. #51557c
  4. #474a6d
  5. #3d405d
  6. #33354e
  7. #282a3e
  8. #1e202f
  9. #14151f
  10. #0a0b10
  11. #000000

Tints

#656a9b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656a9b
  2. #7479a5
  3. #8488af
  4. #9397b9
  5. #a3a6c3
  6. #b2b5cd
  7. #c1c3d7
  8. #d1d2e1
  9. #e0e1eb
  10. #f0f0f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656a9b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656a9b
  2. #686c98
  3. #6a6e96
  4. #6d7193
  5. #707390
  6. #73758e
  7. #75778b
  8. #787988
  9. #7b7c85
  10. #7d7e83
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6d6d6d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a6c82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b709d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #586c9a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #56737c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f6d9c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d6b9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5d7089 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656a9b {
  color: #656a9b;
}
Background
.bg-656a9b {
  background-color: #656a9b;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-656a9b {
  border: 2px solid #656a9b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656a9b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 106 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 21% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656a9b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656a9b, #7b659b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656a9b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 106 155 / 0.35);
}

#436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.88 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.81 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.20 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.46 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 12.40 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.60 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 12.71 #9a9564 Inverted #6d6d6d Grayscale 

Queen Blue
#656a9b  rgb(101, 106, 155)  hsl(234, 21%, 50%)  Queen Blue
#9b9665  rgb(155, 150, 101)  hsl(54, 21%, 50%)  Moss Green
#9b656a  rgb(155, 101, 106)  hsl(354, 21%, 50%)  Copper Rose
#6a9b65  rgb(106, 155, 101)  hsl(114, 21%, 50%)  Asparagus