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#657DBA

#657dba ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657dba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 49.02% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.7% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 223.06°, with 38.12% saturation and 56.27% 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 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 2.9.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2098

Complementary

  1. #657dba
  2. #baa265

Split complementary

  1. #657dba
  2. #ba7765
  3. #a7ba65

Analogous

  1. #65a7ba
  2. #657dba
  3. #7765ba

Triadic

  1. #657dba
  2. #ba657d
  3. #7dba65

Tetradic

  1. #657dba
  2. #a265ba
  3. #baa265
  4. #7dba65

Square

  1. #657dba
  2. #ba65a7
  3. #baa265
  4. #65ba77

Monochromatic

  1. #29385d
  2. #415891
  3. #657dba
  4. #9aaad2
  5. #cfd6e9

Shades

#657dba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657dba
  2. #5b71a7
  3. #516495
  4. #475882
  5. #3d4b70
  6. #333f5d
  7. #28324a
  8. #1e2638
  9. #141925
  10. #0a0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#657dba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657dba
  2. #748ac1
  3. #8497c8
  4. #93a4cf
  5. #a3b1d6
  6. #b2bedd
  7. #c1cbe3
  8. #d1d8ea
  9. #e0e5f1
  10. #f0f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657dba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657dba
  2. #687db4
  3. #6a7eae
  4. #6d7ea9
  5. #707ea3
  6. #737f9d
  7. #757f97
  8. #787f91
  9. #7b7f8c
  10. #7d8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #757e9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6782bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e7bb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #458a93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6680bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #617cb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5485a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657dba {
  color: #657dba;
}
Background
.bg-657dba {
  background-color: #657dba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657dba {
  border: 2px solid #657dba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657dba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 125 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 38% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657dba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657dba, #7765ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657dba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 125 186 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 2.90 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.91 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.12 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.75 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.34 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.47 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 9.85 #9a8245 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657dba  rgb(101, 125, 186)  hsl(223, 38%, 56%)  Glaucous
#baa265  rgb(186, 162, 101)  hsl(43, 38%, 56%)  Ecru
#ba657d  rgb(186, 101, 125)  hsl(343, 38%, 56%)  Turkish Rose
#7dba65  rgb(125, 186, 101)  hsl(103, 38%, 56%)  Mantis