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#657BC7

#657bc7 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657bc7 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 48.24% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.25% cyan, 38.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 226.53°, with 46.67% saturation and 58.82% 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 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2106

Complementary

  1. #657bc7
  2. #c7b165

Split complementary

  1. #657bc7
  2. #c78065
  3. #acc765

Analogous

  1. #65acc7
  2. #657bc7
  3. #8065c7

Triadic

  1. #657bc7
  2. #c7657b
  3. #7bc765

Tetradic

  1. #657bc7
  2. #b165c7
  3. #c7b165
  4. #7bc765

Square

  1. #657bc7
  2. #c765ac
  3. #c7b165
  4. #65c780

Monochromatic

  1. #27376c
  2. #3c53a4
  3. #657bc7
  4. #9dabdb
  5. #d5dbf0

Shades

#657bc7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657bc7
  2. #5b6fb3
  3. #51629f
  4. #47568b
  5. #3d4a77
  6. #333e64
  7. #283150
  8. #1e253c
  9. #141928
  10. #0a0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#657bc7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657bc7
  2. #7488cd
  3. #8495d2
  4. #93a3d8
  5. #a3b0dd
  6. #b2bde3
  7. #c1cae9
  8. #d1d7ee
  9. #e0e5f4
  10. #f0f2f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657bc7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657bc7
  2. #687cc0
  3. #6a7cb9
  4. #6d7db2
  5. #707dab
  6. #737ea4
  7. #757e9c
  8. #787f95
  9. #7b7f8e
  10. #7d8087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #757da1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e83ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #547bc5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3d8b97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6180c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b7bc6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5085ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657bc7 {
  color: #657bc7;
}
Background
.bg-657bc7 {
  background-color: #657bc7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657bc7 {
  border: 2px solid #657bc7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657bc7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 123 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 47% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657bc7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657bc7, #8065c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657bc7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 123 199 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.02 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.42 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.63 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.87 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.91 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.52 #9a8438 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657bc7  rgb(101, 123, 199)  hsl(227, 47%, 59%)  Glaucous
#c7b165  rgb(199, 177, 101)  hsl(47, 47%, 59%)  Vegas Gold
#c7657b  rgb(199, 101, 123)  hsl(347, 47%, 59%)  Rose Gold
#7bc765  rgb(123, 199, 101)  hsl(107, 47%, 59%)  Mantis