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#656DEE

#656dee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#656dee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 42.75% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.56% cyan, 54.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 236.5°, 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 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1988

Complementary

  1. #656dee
  2. #eee665

Split complementary

  1. #656dee
  2. #eea265
  3. #b1ee65

Analogous

  1. #65b1ee
  2. #656dee
  3. #a265ee

Triadic

  1. #656dee
  2. #ee656d
  3. #6dee65

Tetradic

  1. #656dee
  2. #e665ee
  3. #eee665
  4. #6dee65

Square

  1. #656dee
  2. #ee65b1
  3. #eee665
  4. #65eea2

Monochromatic

  1. #121ba8
  2. #202ce6
  3. #656dee
  4. #aaaef6
  5. #edeefd

Shades

#656dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656dee
  2. #5b62d6
  3. #5157be
  4. #474ca7
  5. #3d418f
  6. #333777
  7. #282c5f
  8. #1e2147
  9. #141630
  10. #0a0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#656dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656dee
  2. #747cf0
  3. #848af1
  4. #9399f3
  5. #a3a7f5
  6. #b2b6f7
  7. #c1c5f8
  8. #d1d3fa
  9. #e0e2fc
  10. #f0f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656dee
  2. #686fe3
  3. #6a71d8
  4. #6d73cd
  5. #7075c2
  6. #7377b7
  7. #7578ac
  8. #787aa1
  9. #7b7c96
  10. #7d7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7376b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1181f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #437af1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a72ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4080c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656dee {
  color: #656dee;
}
Background
.bg-656dee {
  background-color: #656dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-656dee {
  border: 2px solid #656dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 109 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 80% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656dee, #a265ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 109 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.24 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.58 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.70 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.75 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.98 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.31 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.39 #9a9211 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#656dee  rgb(101, 109, 238)  hsl(237, 80%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eee665  rgb(238, 230, 101)  hsl(57, 80%, 66%)  Straw
#ee656d  rgb(238, 101, 109)  hsl(357, 80%, 66%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6dee65  rgb(109, 238, 101)  hsl(117, 80%, 66%)  Pastel Green