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#656DFF

#656dff ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#656dff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.39% cyan, 57.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 236.88°, with 100% saturation and 69.8% 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 5.18:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.45.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2092

Complementary

  1. #656dff
  2. #fff765

Split complementary

  1. #656dff
  2. #ffaa65
  3. #baff65

Analogous

  1. #65baff
  2. #656dff
  3. #aa65ff

Triadic

  1. #656dff
  2. #ff656d
  3. #6dff65

Tetradic

  1. #656dff
  2. #f765ff
  3. #fff765
  4. #6dff65

Square

  1. #656dff
  2. #ff65ba
  3. #fff765
  4. #65ffaa

Monochromatic

  1. #000bcb
  2. #1824ff
  3. #656dff
  4. #b1b6ff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#656dff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656dff
  2. #5b62e6
  3. #5157cc
  4. #474cb3
  5. #3d4199
  6. #333780
  7. #282c66
  8. #1e214d
  9. #141633
  10. #0a0b1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#656dff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656dff
  2. #747cff
  3. #848aff
  4. #9399ff
  5. #a3a7ff
  6. #b2b6ff
  7. #c1c5ff
  8. #d1d3ff
  9. #e0e2ff
  10. #f0f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656dff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656dff
  2. #686ff2
  3. #6a71e6
  4. #6d73d9
  5. #7075cc
  6. #7377c0
  7. #7578b3
  8. #787aa6
  9. #7b7c99
  10. #7d7e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7578c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #377cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2a74fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3584d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656dff {
  color: #656dff;
}
Background
.bg-656dff {
  background-color: #656dff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-656dff {
  border: 2px solid #656dff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656dff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 109 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 100% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656dff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656dff, #aa65ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656dff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 109 255 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.45 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.18 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.98 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.91 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.44 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.79 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.35 #9a9200 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#656dff  rgb(101, 109, 255)  hsl(237, 100%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#fff765  rgb(255, 247, 101)  hsl(57, 100%, 70%)  Icterine
#ff656d  rgb(255, 101, 109)  hsl(357, 100%, 70%)  Pastel Red
#6dff65  rgb(109, 255, 101)  hsl(117, 100%, 70%)  Neon Green