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#657FDB

#657fdb ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#657fdb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 49.8% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.88% cyan, 42.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 226.78°, with 62.11% saturation and 62.75% 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 5.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.84.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2306

Complementary

  1. #657fdb
  2. #dbc165

Split complementary

  1. #657fdb
  2. #db8665
  3. #badb65

Analogous

  1. #65badb
  2. #657fdb
  3. #8665db

Triadic

  1. #657fdb
  2. #db657f
  3. #7fdb65

Tetradic

  1. #657fdb
  2. #c165db
  3. #dbc165
  4. #7fdb65

Square

  1. #657fdb
  2. #db65ba
  3. #dbc165
  4. #65db86

Monochromatic

  1. #203787
  2. #2e4fc5
  3. #657fdb
  4. #a3b3ea
  5. #e1e6f8

Shades

#657fdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #657fdb
  2. #5b72c5
  3. #5166af
  4. #475999
  5. #3d4c83
  6. #33406e
  7. #283358
  8. #1e2642
  9. #14192c
  10. #0a0d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#657fdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #657fdb
  2. #748cdf
  3. #8499e2
  4. #93a5e6
  5. #a3b2e9
  6. #b2bfed
  7. #c1ccf1
  8. #d1d9f4
  9. #e0e5f8
  10. #f0f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#657fdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #657fdb
  2. #687fd2
  3. #6a7fc9
  4. #6d7fc0
  5. #707fb7
  6. #7380ae
  7. #7580a4
  8. #78809b
  9. #7b8092
  10. #7d8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7982ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5889df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4a7fd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2793a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e85dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #567fda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #488bbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-657fdb {
  color: #657fdb;
}
Background
.bg-657fdb {
  background-color: #657fdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-657fdb {
  border: 2px solid #657fdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #657fdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 127 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 62% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-657fdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #657fdb, #8665db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-657fdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 127 219 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.58 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.67 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.80 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.99 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.06 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 8.83 #9a8024 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#657fdb  rgb(101, 127, 219)  hsl(227, 62%, 63%)  Glaucous
#dbc165  rgb(219, 193, 101)  hsl(47, 62%, 63%)  Vegas Gold
#db657f  rgb(219, 101, 127)  hsl(347, 62%, 63%)  Blush
#7fdb65  rgb(127, 219, 101)  hsl(107, 62%, 63%)  Pastel Green