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#656BEE

#656bee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#656bee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 41.96% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.56% cyan, 55.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 237.37°, with 80.12% saturation and 66.47% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.94.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1946

Complementary

  1. #656bee
  2. #eee865

Split complementary

  1. #656bee
  2. #eea365
  3. #b0ee65

Analogous

  1. #65b0ee
  2. #656bee
  3. #a365ee

Triadic

  1. #656bee
  2. #ee656b
  3. #6bee65

Tetradic

  1. #656bee
  2. #e865ee
  3. #eee865
  4. #6bee65

Square

  1. #656bee
  2. #ee65b0
  3. #eee865
  4. #65eea3

Monochromatic

  1. #1219a8
  2. #2029e6
  3. #656bee
  4. #aaadf6
  5. #ededfd

Shades

#656bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656bee
  2. #5b60d6
  3. #5156be
  4. #474ba7
  5. #3d408f
  6. #333677
  7. #282b5f
  8. #1e2047
  9. #141530
  10. #0a0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#656bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656bee
  2. #747af0
  3. #8489f1
  4. #9397f3
  5. #a3a6f5
  6. #b2b5f7
  7. #c1c4f8
  8. #d1d3fa
  9. #e0e1fc
  10. #f0f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656bee
  2. #686de3
  3. #6a6fd8
  4. #6d71cd
  5. #7073c2
  6. #7376b7
  7. #7578ac
  8. #787aa1
  9. #7b7c96
  10. #7d7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7274b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008aa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4078f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3871ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #407fc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656bee {
  color: #656bee;
}
Background
.bg-656bee {
  background-color: #656bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-656bee {
  border: 2px solid #656bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 107 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 80% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656bee, #a365ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 107 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.94 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.42 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.70 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.44 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.01 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.75 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.27 #9a9411 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#656bee  rgb(101, 107, 238)  hsl(237, 80%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eee865  rgb(238, 232, 101)  hsl(57, 80%, 66%)  Icterine
#ee656b  rgb(238, 101, 107)  hsl(357, 80%, 66%)  Pastel Red
#6bee65  rgb(107, 238, 101)  hsl(117, 80%, 66%)  Pastel Green