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#657ADE

#657ade ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657ade is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 47.84% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.5% cyan, 45.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 229.59°, with 64.71% saturation and 63.33% 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 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2196

Complementary

  1. #657ade
  2. #dec965

Split complementary

  1. #657ade
  2. #de8c65
  3. #b6de65

Analogous

  1. #65b6de
  2. #657ade
  3. #8c65de

Triadic

  1. #657ade
  2. #de657a
  3. #7ade65

Tetradic

  1. #657ade
  2. #c965de
  3. #dec965
  4. #7ade65

Square

  1. #657ade
  2. #de65b6
  3. #dec965
  4. #65de8c

Monochromatic

  1. #1e318c
  2. #2b47cb
  3. #657ade
  4. #a4b0eb
  5. #e3e7f9

Shades

#657ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657ade
  2. #5b6ec8
  3. #5162b2
  4. #47559b
  5. #3d4985
  6. #333d6f
  7. #283159
  8. #1e2543
  9. #14182c
  10. #0a0c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#657ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657ade
  2. #7487e1
  3. #8495e5
  4. #93a2e8
  5. #a3afeb
  6. #b2bdef
  7. #c1caf2
  8. #d1d7f5
  9. #e0e4f8
  10. #f0f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657ade
  2. #687bd5
  3. #6a7bcb
  4. #6d7cc2
  5. #707cb8
  6. #737daf
  7. #757ea6
  8. #787e9c
  9. #7b7f93
  10. #7d7f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #777eae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4d87e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e7cdc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2490a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5882e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #517bdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4788bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657ade {
  color: #657ade;
}
Background
.bg-657ade {
  background-color: #657ade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657ade {
  border: 2px solid #657ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 122 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 65% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657ade, #8c65de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 122 222 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.88 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.84 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.40 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.54 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.12 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.44 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.25 #9a8521 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657ade  rgb(101, 122, 222)  hsl(230, 65%, 63%)  Glaucous
#dec965  rgb(222, 201, 101)  hsl(50, 65%, 63%)  Straw
#de657a  rgb(222, 101, 122)  hsl(350, 65%, 63%)  Blush
#7ade65  rgb(122, 222, 101)  hsl(110, 65%, 63%)  Pastel Green