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#657FBA

#657fba ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657fba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 49.8% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.7% cyan, 31.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 221.65°, 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 5.3:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 2.24.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2149

Complementary

  1. #657fba
  2. #baa065

Split complementary

  1. #657fba
  2. #ba7565
  3. #a9ba65

Analogous

  1. #65a9ba
  2. #657fba
  3. #7565ba

Triadic

  1. #657fba
  2. #ba657f
  3. #7fba65

Tetradic

  1. #657fba
  2. #a065ba
  3. #baa065
  4. #7fba65

Square

  1. #657fba
  2. #ba65a9
  3. #baa065
  4. #65ba75

Monochromatic

  1. #29395d
  2. #415a91
  3. #657fba
  4. #9aabd2
  5. #cfd7e9

Shades

#657fba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657fba
  2. #5b72a7
  3. #516695
  4. #475982
  5. #3d4c70
  6. #33405d
  7. #28334a
  8. #1e2638
  9. #141925
  10. #0a0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#657fba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657fba
  2. #748cc1
  3. #8499c8
  4. #93a5cf
  5. #a3b2d6
  6. #b2bfdd
  7. #c1cce3
  8. #d1d9ea
  9. #e0e5f1
  10. #f0f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657fba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657fba
  2. #687fb4
  3. #6a7fae
  4. #6d7fa9
  5. #707fa3
  6. #73809d
  7. #758097
  8. #788091
  9. #7b808c
  10. #7d8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #767f9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6984bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #617cb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #458b94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6882bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #627db9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5487a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657fba {
  color: #657fba;
}
Background
.bg-657fba {
  background-color: #657fba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657fba {
  border: 2px solid #657fba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657fba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 127 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 38% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657fba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657fba, #7565ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657fba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 127 186 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 2.24 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.56 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.77 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.86 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.08 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.47 #9a8045 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657fba  rgb(101, 127, 186)  hsl(222, 38%, 56%)  Glaucous
#baa065  rgb(186, 160, 101)  hsl(42, 38%, 56%)  Ecru
#ba657f  rgb(186, 101, 127)  hsl(342, 38%, 56%)  Turkish Rose
#7fba65  rgb(127, 186, 101)  hsl(102, 38%, 56%)  Mantis