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#666AFA

#666afa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#666afa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 41.57% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.2% cyan, 57.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 238.38°, with 93.67% saturation and 69.02% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.2003

Complementary

  1. #666afa
  2. #faf666

Split complementary

  1. #666afa
  2. #faac66
  3. #b4fa66

Analogous

  1. #66b4fa
  2. #666afa
  3. #ac66fa

Triadic

  1. #666afa
  2. #fa666a
  3. #6afa66

Tetradic

  1. #666afa
  2. #f666fa
  3. #faf666
  4. #6afa66

Square

  1. #666afa
  2. #fa66b4
  3. #faf666
  4. #66faac

Monochromatic

  1. #060bc1
  2. #1c22f8
  3. #666afa
  4. #b0b2fc
  5. #ebecfe

Shades

#666afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #666afa
  2. #5c5fe1
  3. #5255c8
  4. #474aaf
  5. #3d4096
  6. #33357d
  7. #292a64
  8. #1f204b
  9. #141532
  10. #0a0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#666afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #666afa
  2. #7579fb
  3. #8588fb
  4. #9497fc
  5. #a3a6fc
  6. #b3b5fd
  7. #c2c3fd
  8. #d1d2fe
  9. #e0e1fe
  10. #f0f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#666afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #666afa
  2. #696cee
  3. #6b6ee2
  4. #6e71d5
  5. #7073c9
  6. #7375bd
  7. #7677b1
  8. #7879a5
  9. #7b7c98
  10. #7d7e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7475bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0082ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008da8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3779fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2d71f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3b80ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-666afa {
  color: #666afa;
}
Background
.bg-666afa {
  background-color: #666afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-666afa {
  border: 2px solid #666afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #666afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 106 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-666afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #666afa, #ac66fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-666afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 106 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.75 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.83 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.69 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.28 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.30 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.15 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.45 #999505 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#666afa  rgb(102, 106, 250)  hsl(238, 94%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#faf666  rgb(250, 246, 102)  hsl(58, 94%, 69%)  Icterine
#fa666a  rgb(250, 102, 106)  hsl(358, 94%, 69%)  Pastel Red
#6afa66  rgb(106, 250, 102)  hsl(118, 94%, 69%)  Spring Green