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#656EEC

#656eec ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#656eec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 43.14% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.2% cyan, 53.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 236°, with 78.03% saturation and 66.08% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.46.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1997

Complementary

  1. #656eec
  2. #ece365

Split complementary

  1. #656eec
  2. #eca065
  3. #b2ec65

Analogous

  1. #65b2ec
  2. #656eec
  3. #a065ec

Triadic

  1. #656eec
  2. #ec656e
  3. #6eec65

Tetradic

  1. #656eec
  2. #e365ec
  3. #ece365
  4. #6eec65

Square

  1. #656eec
  2. #ec65b2
  3. #ece365
  4. #65eca0

Monochromatic

  1. #141ea4
  2. #212ee4
  3. #656eec
  4. #a9aef4
  5. #edeefd

Shades

#656eec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656eec
  2. #5b63d4
  3. #5158bd
  4. #474da5
  5. #3d428e
  6. #333776
  7. #282c5e
  8. #1e2147
  9. #14162f
  10. #0a0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#656eec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656eec
  2. #747dee
  3. #848bf0
  4. #939af2
  5. #a3a8f4
  6. #b2b7f6
  7. #c1c5f7
  8. #d1d4f9
  9. #e0e2fb
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656eec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656eec
  2. #6870e1
  3. #6a72d6
  4. #6d73cc
  5. #7075c1
  6. #7377b6
  7. #7579ab
  8. #787ba0
  9. #7b7c96
  10. #7d7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7376b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1d81f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #058ba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #457aef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3d73ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4180c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656eec {
  color: #656eec;
}
Background
.bg-656eec {
  background-color: #656eec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-656eec {
  border: 2px solid #656eec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656eec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 110 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 78% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656eec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656eec, #a065ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656eec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 110 236 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.46 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.68 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.61 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.65 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.11 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.32 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.47 #9a9113 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#656eec  rgb(101, 110, 236)  hsl(236, 78%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#ece365  rgb(236, 227, 101)  hsl(56, 78%, 66%)  Straw
#ec656e  rgb(236, 101, 110)  hsl(356, 78%, 66%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6eec65  rgb(110, 236, 101)  hsl(116, 78%, 66%)  Pastel Green