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#656EED

#656eed ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#656eed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.38% cyan, 53.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 236.03°, with 79.07% saturation and 66.27% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2003

Complementary

  1. #656eed
  2. #ede465

Split complementary

  1. #656eed
  2. #eda065
  3. #b2ed65

Analogous

  1. #65b2ed
  2. #656eed
  3. #a065ed

Triadic

  1. #656eed
  2. #ed656e
  3. #6eed65

Tetradic

  1. #656eed
  2. #e465ed
  3. #ede465
  4. #6eed65

Square

  1. #656eed
  2. #ed65b2
  3. #ede465
  4. #65eda0

Monochromatic

  1. #131da6
  2. #202de5
  3. #656eed
  4. #a9aef5
  5. #edeefd

Shades

#656eed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656eed
  2. #5b63d5
  3. #5158be
  4. #474da6
  5. #3d428e
  6. #333777
  7. #282c5f
  8. #1e2147
  9. #14162f
  10. #0a0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#656eed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656eed
  2. #747def
  3. #848bf1
  4. #939af2
  5. #a3a8f4
  6. #b2b7f6
  7. #c1c5f8
  8. #d1d4fa
  9. #e0e2fb
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656eed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656eed
  2. #6870e2
  3. #6a72d7
  4. #6d73cc
  5. #7075c1
  6. #7377b7
  7. #7579ac
  8. #787ba1
  9. #7b7c96
  10. #7d7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7376b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1a82f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #447af0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c73eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4181c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656eed {
  color: #656eed;
}
Background
.bg-656eed {
  background-color: #656eed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-656eed {
  border: 2px solid #656eed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656eed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 110 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 79% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656eed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656eed, #a065ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656eed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 110 237 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.44 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.68 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.66 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.64 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.19 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.34 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.52 #9a9112 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#656eed  rgb(101, 110, 237)  hsl(236, 79%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#ede465  rgb(237, 228, 101)  hsl(56, 79%, 66%)  Straw
#ed656e  rgb(237, 101, 110)  hsl(356, 79%, 66%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6eed65  rgb(110, 237, 101)  hsl(116, 79%, 66%)  Pastel Green