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#656EF2

#656ef2 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#656ef2 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 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.26% cyan, 54.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 236.17°, with 84.43% saturation and 67.25% 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 5.07:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.37.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2033

Complementary

  1. #656ef2
  2. #f2e965

Split complementary

  1. #656ef2
  2. #f2a265
  3. #b4f265

Analogous

  1. #65b4f2
  2. #656ef2
  3. #a265f2

Triadic

  1. #656ef2
  2. #f2656e
  3. #6ef265

Tetradic

  1. #656ef2
  2. #e965f2
  3. #f2e965
  4. #6ef265

Square

  1. #656ef2
  2. #f265b4
  3. #f2e965
  4. #65f2a2

Monochromatic

  1. #0f19af
  2. #1e2cec
  3. #656ef2
  4. #acb0f8
  5. #ecedfd

Shades

#656ef2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656ef2
  2. #5b63da
  3. #5158c2
  4. #474da9
  5. #3d4291
  6. #333779
  7. #282c61
  8. #1e2149
  9. #141630
  10. #0a0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#656ef2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656ef2
  2. #747df3
  3. #848bf5
  4. #939af6
  5. #a3a8f7
  6. #b2b7f9
  7. #c1c5fa
  8. #d1d4fb
  9. #e0e2fc
  10. #f0f1fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656ef2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656ef2
  2. #6870e7
  3. #6a72db
  4. #6d73d0
  5. #7075c4
  6. #7377b9
  7. #7579ae
  8. #787ba2
  9. #7b7c97
  10. #7d7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7477b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0783f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008da5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #417bf5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3873f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3e82c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656ef2 {
  color: #656ef2;
}
Background
.bg-656ef2 {
  background-color: #656ef2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-656ef2 {
  border: 2px solid #656ef2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656ef2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 110 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 84% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656ef2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656ef2, #a265f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656ef2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 110 242 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.37 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.74 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.98 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.62 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.57 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.43 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.81 #9a910d Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#656ef2  rgb(101, 110, 242)  hsl(236, 84%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#f2e965  rgb(242, 233, 101)  hsl(56, 84%, 67%)  Icterine
#f2656e  rgb(242, 101, 110)  hsl(356, 84%, 67%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6ef265  rgb(110, 242, 101)  hsl(116, 84%, 67%)  Spring Green