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#657CAE

#657cae ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657cae is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 48.63% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.95% cyan, 28.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 221.1°, 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.31.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2024

Complementary

  1. #657cae
  2. #ae9765

Split complementary

  1. #657cae
  2. #ae7365
  3. #a0ae65

Analogous

  1. #65a0ae
  2. #657cae
  3. #7365ae

Triadic

  1. #657cae
  2. #ae657c
  3. #7cae65

Tetradic

  1. #657cae
  2. #9765ae
  3. #ae9765
  4. #7cae65

Square

  1. #657cae
  2. #ae65a0
  3. #ae9765
  4. #65ae73

Monochromatic

  1. #2a3650
  2. #445882
  3. #657cae
  4. #97a7c8
  5. #c9d1e3

Shades

#657cae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657cae
  2. #5b709d
  3. #51638b
  4. #47577a
  5. #3d4a68
  6. #333e57
  7. #283246
  8. #1e2534
  9. #141923
  10. #0a0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#657cae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657cae
  2. #7489b6
  3. #8496be
  4. #93a3c6
  5. #a3b0ce
  6. #b2bed7
  7. #c1cbdf
  8. #d1d8e7
  9. #e0e5ef
  10. #f0f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657cae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657cae
  2. #687ca9
  3. #6a7da5
  4. #6d7da0
  5. #707e9c
  6. #737e97
  7. #757e92
  8. #787f8e
  9. #7b7f89
  10. #7d8085
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #747c93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a80b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6379ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4c868e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #687eaf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #647aad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #57829c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657cae {
  color: #657cae;
}
Background
.bg-657cae {
  background-color: #657cae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657cae {
  border: 2px solid #657cae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657cae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 124 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 31% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657cae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657cae, #7365ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657cae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 124 174 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.31 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.24 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.13 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.12 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.49 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.74 #9a8351 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657cae  rgb(101, 124, 174)  hsl(221, 31%, 54%)  Glaucous
#ae9765  rgb(174, 151, 101)  hsl(41, 31%, 54%)  Camel
#ae657c  rgb(174, 101, 124)  hsl(341, 31%, 54%)  Turkish Rose
#7cae65  rgb(124, 174, 101)  hsl(101, 31%, 54%)  Asparagus