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#657AAA

#657aaa ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657aaa is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 47.84% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.59% cyan, 28.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 221.74°, with 28.87% saturation and 53.14% 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 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.22.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1959

Complementary

  1. #657aaa
  2. #aa9565

Split complementary

  1. #657aaa
  2. #aa7365
  3. #9daa65

Analogous

  1. #659daa
  2. #657aaa
  3. #7365aa

Triadic

  1. #657aaa
  2. #aa657a
  3. #7aaa65

Tetradic

  1. #657aaa
  2. #9565aa
  3. #aa9565
  4. #7aaa65

Square

  1. #657aaa
  2. #aa659d
  3. #aa9565
  4. #65aa73

Monochromatic

  1. #2a344c
  2. #45567d
  3. #657aaa
  4. #96a5c5
  5. #c8cfe0

Shades

#657aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657aaa
  2. #5b6e99
  3. #516288
  4. #475577
  5. #3d4966
  6. #333d55
  7. #283144
  8. #1e2533
  9. #141822
  10. #0a0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#657aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657aaa
  2. #7487b3
  3. #8495bb
  4. #93a2c4
  5. #a3afcc
  6. #b2bdd5
  7. #c1cadd
  8. #d1d7e6
  9. #e0e4ee
  10. #f0f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657aaa
  2. #687ba6
  3. #6a7ba2
  4. #6d7c9d
  5. #707c99
  6. #737d95
  7. #757e91
  8. #787e8d
  9. #7b7f88
  10. #7d7f84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #727a90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #697eac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6378a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4e848b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #687cab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6479a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #588098 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657aaa {
  color: #657aaa;
}
Background
.bg-657aaa {
  background-color: #657aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657aaa {
  border: 2px solid #657aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 122 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 29% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657aaa, #7365aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 122 170 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.22 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.85 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.73 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.73 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.56 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.71 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.71 #9a8555 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657aaa  rgb(101, 122, 170)  hsl(222, 29%, 53%)  Glaucous
#aa9565  rgb(170, 149, 101)  hsl(42, 29%, 53%)  Camel
#aa657a  rgb(170, 101, 122)  hsl(342, 29%, 53%)  Turkish Rose
#7aaa65  rgb(122, 170, 101)  hsl(102, 29%, 53%)  Asparagus