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#657BE3

#657be3 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657be3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 48.24% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.51% cyan, 45.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 229.52°, with 69.23% saturation and 64.31% 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 5.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 6.13.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2248

Complementary

  1. #657be3
  2. #e3cd65

Split complementary

  1. #657be3
  2. #e38e65
  3. #bae365

Analogous

  1. #65bae3
  2. #657be3
  3. #8e65e3

Triadic

  1. #657be3
  2. #e3657b
  3. #7be365

Tetradic

  1. #657be3
  2. #cd65e3
  3. #e3cd65
  4. #7be365

Square

  1. #657be3
  2. #e365ba
  3. #e3cd65
  4. #65e38e

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3094
  2. #2745d5
  3. #657be3
  4. #a6b2ef
  5. #e6eafb

Shades

#657be3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657be3
  2. #5b6fcc
  3. #5162b6
  4. #47569f
  5. #3d4a88
  6. #333e72
  7. #28315b
  8. #1e2544
  9. #14192d
  10. #0a0c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#657be3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657be3
  2. #7488e6
  3. #8495e9
  4. #93a3eb
  5. #a3b0ee
  6. #b2bdf1
  7. #c1caf4
  8. #d1d7f7
  9. #e0e5f9
  10. #f0f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657be3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657be3
  2. #687cd9
  3. #6a7ccf
  4. #6d7dc5
  5. #707dbb
  6. #737eb2
  7. #757ea8
  8. #787f9e
  9. #7b7f94
  10. #7d808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7880b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b88e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b7de1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1b92a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5783e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f7ce2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4489c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657be3 {
  color: #657be3;
}
Background
.bg-657be3 {
  background-color: #657be3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657be3 {
  border: 2px solid #657be3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657be3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 123 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 69% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657be3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657be3, #8e65e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657be3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 123 227 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.13 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.13 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.42 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.50 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.18 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.58 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.88 #9a841c Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657be3  rgb(101, 123, 227)  hsl(230, 69%, 64%)  Glaucous
#e3cd65  rgb(227, 205, 101)  hsl(50, 69%, 64%)  Straw
#e3657b  rgb(227, 101, 123)  hsl(350, 69%, 64%)  Blush
#7be365  rgb(123, 227, 101)  hsl(110, 69%, 64%)  Pastel Green