#6565cf

Color #6565cf

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6565cf

RGB

rgb(101, 101, 207)

HSL

hsl(240, 52.5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 51.2%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 51.2%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(47.72, 28.94, -55.09)

LCH

lch(47.72, 62.23, 297.71)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.1596, 279.92)

HWB

hwb(240, 39.6%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfcf65

Analogous

#659acf

#6565cf

#9a65cf

Triadic

#6565cf

#cf6565

#65cf65

Split-complementary

#6565cf

#cf9a65

#9acf65

Tetradic

#6565cf

#cf65cf

#cfcf65

#65cf65

Square

#6565cf

#cf659a

#cfcf65

#65cf9a

Shades

Color #6565cf mixed toward black.

#3e3ec3

#31319d

#252575

#18184e

#0c0c27

Tints

Color #6565cf mixed toward white.

#7f7fd7

#9898df

#b2b2e7

#ccccef

#e5e5f7

Tones

Color #6565cf mixed toward gray.

#6e6ec6

#7777bd

#8080b5

#8888ac

#9191a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565bc · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6565b7 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#65aca8 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6565cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6565cf]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6565cf (#6565cf) is rgb(101, 101, 207) in RGB.

No, #6565cf is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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