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#656DFE

#656dfe ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#656dfe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 42.75% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.24% cyan, 57.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 236.86°, with 98.71% saturation and 69.61% 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2086

Complementary

  1. #656dfe
  2. #fef665

Split complementary

  1. #656dfe
  2. #fea965
  3. #bafe65

Analogous

  1. #65bafe
  2. #656dfe
  3. #a965fe

Triadic

  1. #656dfe
  2. #fe656d
  3. #6dfe65

Tetradic

  1. #656dfe
  2. #f665fe
  3. #fef665
  4. #6dfe65

Square

  1. #656dfe
  2. #fe65ba
  3. #fef665
  4. #65fea9

Monochromatic

  1. #010cc9
  2. #1925fe
  3. #656dfe
  4. #b1b5fe
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#656dfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656dfe
  2. #5b62e5
  3. #5157cb
  4. #474cb2
  5. #3d4198
  6. #33377f
  7. #282c66
  8. #1e214c
  9. #141633
  10. #0a0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#656dfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656dfe
  2. #747cfe
  3. #848afe
  4. #9399fe
  5. #a3a7fe
  6. #b2b6ff
  7. #c1c5ff
  8. #d1d3ff
  9. #e0e2ff
  10. #f0f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656dfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656dfe
  2. #686ff1
  3. #6a71e5
  4. #6d73d8
  5. #7075cc
  6. #7377bf
  7. #7578b2
  8. #787aa6
  9. #7b7c99
  10. #7d7e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7578bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #377cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2b73fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3683d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656dfe {
  color: #656dfe;
}
Background
.bg-656dfe {
  background-color: #656dfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-656dfe {
  border: 2px solid #656dfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656dfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 109 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 99% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656dfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656dfe, #a965fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656dfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 109 254 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.41 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.12 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.89 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.88 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.35 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.75 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.28 #9a9201 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#656dfe  rgb(101, 109, 254)  hsl(237, 99%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#fef665  rgb(254, 246, 101)  hsl(57, 99%, 70%)  Icterine
#fe656d  rgb(254, 101, 109)  hsl(357, 99%, 70%)  Pastel Red
#6dfe65  rgb(109, 254, 101)  hsl(117, 99%, 70%)  Neon Green