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#666EDA

#666eda ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#666eda is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 43.14% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.21% cyan, 49.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 235.86°, with 61.05% 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 4.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.31.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1904

Complementary

  1. #666eda
  2. #dad266

Split complementary

  1. #666eda
  2. #da9866
  3. #a8da66

Analogous

  1. #66a8da
  2. #666eda
  3. #9866da

Triadic

  1. #666eda
  2. #da666e
  3. #6eda66

Tetradic

  1. #666eda
  2. #d266da
  3. #dad266
  4. #6eda66

Square

  1. #666eda
  2. #da66a8
  3. #dad266
  4. #66da98

Monochromatic

  1. #212886
  2. #2f3ac4
  3. #666eda
  4. #a4a8e9
  5. #e1e3f8

Shades

#666eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #666eda
  2. #5c63c4
  3. #5258ae
  4. #474d99
  5. #3d4283
  6. #33376d
  7. #292c57
  8. #1f2141
  9. #14162c
  10. #0a0b16
  11. #000000

Tints

#666eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #666eda
  2. #757dde
  3. #858be1
  4. #949ae5
  5. #a3a8e9
  6. #b3b7ed
  7. #c2c5f0
  8. #d1d4f4
  9. #e0e2f8
  10. #f0f1fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#666eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #666eda
  2. #6970d1
  3. #6b72c8
  4. #6e73bf
  5. #7075b6
  6. #7377ad
  7. #7679a4
  8. #787b9b
  9. #7b7c92
  10. #7d7e89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7275a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #397ede ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2a74d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #30869a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f78dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4972d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4b7db7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-666eda {
  color: #666eda;
}
Background
.bg-666eda {
  background-color: #666eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-666eda {
  border: 2px solid #666eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #666eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 110 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 61% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-666eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #666eda, #9866da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-666eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 110 218 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.31 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.34 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.51 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.09 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.44 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.70 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.12 #999125 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#666eda  rgb(102, 110, 218)  hsl(236, 61%, 63%)  Medium Slate Blue
#dad266  rgb(218, 210, 102)  hsl(56, 61%, 63%)  Straw
#da666e  rgb(218, 102, 110)  hsl(356, 61%, 63%)  Indian Red
#6eda66  rgb(110, 218, 102)  hsl(116, 61%, 63%)  Pastel Green