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#657AAE

#657aae ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657aae 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 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.95% cyan, 29.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 222.74°, with 31.06% saturation and 53.92% 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 4.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1974

Complementary

  1. #657aae
  2. #ae9965

Split complementary

  1. #657aae
  2. #ae7465
  3. #9eae65

Analogous

  1. #659eae
  2. #657aae
  3. #7465ae

Triadic

  1. #657aae
  2. #ae657a
  3. #7aae65

Tetradic

  1. #657aae
  2. #9965ae
  3. #ae9965
  4. #7aae65

Square

  1. #657aae
  2. #ae659e
  3. #ae9965
  4. #65ae74

Monochromatic

  1. #2a3550
  2. #445682
  3. #657aae
  4. #97a5c8
  5. #c9d1e3

Shades

#657aae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657aae
  2. #5b6e9d
  3. #51628b
  4. #47557a
  5. #3d4968
  6. #333d57
  7. #283146
  8. #1e2534
  9. #141823
  10. #0a0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#657aae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657aae
  2. #7487b6
  3. #8495be
  4. #93a2c6
  5. #a3afce
  6. #b2bdd7
  7. #c1cadf
  8. #d1d7e7
  9. #e0e4ef
  10. #f0f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657aae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657aae
  2. #687ba9
  3. #6a7ba5
  4. #6d7ca0
  5. #707c9c
  6. #737d97
  7. #757e92
  8. #787e8e
  9. #7b7f89
  10. #7d7f85
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #737a92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #687eb0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6178ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4c858c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #677daf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6279ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #57819b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657aae {
  color: #657aae;
}
Background
.bg-657aae {
  background-color: #657aae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657aae {
  border: 2px solid #657aae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657aae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 122 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 31% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657aae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657aae, #7465ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657aae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 122 174 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.07 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.74 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.78 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.94 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.25 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 10.12 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 10.12 #9a8551 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657aae  rgb(101, 122, 174)  hsl(223, 31%, 54%)  Glaucous
#ae9965  rgb(174, 153, 101)  hsl(43, 31%, 54%)  Camel
#ae657a  rgb(174, 101, 122)  hsl(343, 31%, 54%)  Turkish Rose
#7aae65  rgb(122, 174, 101)  hsl(103, 31%, 54%)  Asparagus