#657ecc

Color #657ecc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#657ecc

RGB

rgb(101, 126, 204)

HSL

hsl(225.4, 50.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.4, 50.5%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.5%, 38.2%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(54.08, 12.76, -43.26)

LCH

lch(54.08, 45.1, 286.43)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.1223, 269.11)

HWB

hwb(225.4, 39.6%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccb365

Analogous

#65b2cc

#657ecc

#7f65cc

Triadic

#657ecc

#cc657e

#7ecc65

Split-complementary

#657ecc

#cc7f65

#b2cc65

Tetradic

#657ecc

#b365cc

#ccb365

#7ecc65

Square

#657ecc

#cc65b2

#ccb365

#65cc7f

Shades

Color #657ecc mixed toward black.

#3f5ebf

#334b99

#263973

#19264c

#0d1326

Tints

Color #657ecc mixed toward white.

#7f94d4

#98a9dd

#b2bfe5

#ccd4ee

#e5eaf6

Tones

Color #657ecc mixed toward gray.

#6e82c3

#7687bb

#7f8bb2

#8790aa

#9094a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171bd · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#6f6db9 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#66b0ad · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 22.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #657ecc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#657ecc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#657ecc (#657ecc) is rgb(101, 126, 204) in RGB.

No, #657ecc 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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