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#657FBE

#657fbe ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657fbe 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 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.84% cyan, 33.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 222.47°, with 40.64% saturation and 57.06% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 2.43.

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Relative luminance0.2166

Complementary

  1. #657fbe
  2. #bea465

Split complementary

  1. #657fbe
  2. #be7865
  3. #acbe65

Analogous

  1. #65acbe
  2. #657fbe
  3. #7865be

Triadic

  1. #657fbe
  2. #be657f
  3. #7fbe65

Tetradic

  1. #657fbe
  2. #a465be
  3. #bea465
  4. #7fbe65

Square

  1. #657fbe
  2. #be65ac
  3. #bea465
  4. #65be78

Monochromatic

  1. #293961
  2. #405997
  3. #657fbe
  4. #9bacd5
  5. #d1d8eb

Shades

#657fbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657fbe
  2. #5b72ab
  3. #516698
  4. #475985
  5. #3d4c72
  6. #33405f
  7. #28334c
  8. #1e2639
  9. #141926
  10. #0a0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#657fbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657fbe
  2. #748cc5
  3. #8499cb
  4. #93a5d2
  5. #a3b2d8
  6. #b2bfdf
  7. #c1cce5
  8. #d1d9ec
  9. #e0e5f2
  10. #f0f2f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657fbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657fbe
  2. #687fb8
  3. #6a7fb2
  4. #6d7fab
  5. #707fa5
  6. #73809f
  7. #758099
  8. #788093
  9. #7b808c
  10. #7d8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #76809d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6885c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e7dbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #428c96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6782c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #617ebd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5287a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657fbe {
  color: #657fbe;
}
Background
.bg-657fbe {
  background-color: #657fbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657fbe {
  border: 2px solid #657fbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657fbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 127 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 41% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657fbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657fbe, #7865be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657fbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 127 190 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 2.43 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.60 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.55 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.89 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.91 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.20 #9a8041 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657fbe  rgb(101, 127, 190)  hsl(222, 41%, 57%)  Glaucous
#bea465  rgb(190, 164, 101)  hsl(42, 41%, 57%)  Ecru
#be657f  rgb(190, 101, 127)  hsl(342, 41%, 57%)  Turkish Rose
#7fbe65  rgb(127, 190, 101)  hsl(102, 41%, 57%)  Mantis