#6565ff

Color #6565ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 11.81 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6565ff

RGB

rgb(101, 101, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 60.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.4%, 60.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(51.03, 44.04, -76.77)

LCH

lch(51.03, 88.51, 299.84)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.2227, 277.25)

HWB

hwb(240, 39.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffff65

Analogous

#65b2ff

#6565ff

#b265ff

Triadic

#6565ff

#ff6565

#65ff65

Split-complementary

#6565ff

#ffb265

#b2ff65

Tetradic

#6565ff

#ff65ff

#ffff65

#65ff65

Square

#6565ff

#ff65b2

#ffff65

#65ffb2

Shades

Color #6565ff mixed toward black.

#2a2aff

#0000ed

#0000b2

#000077

#00003b

Tints

Color #6565ff mixed toward white.

#7f7fff

#9898ff

#b2b2ff

#ccccff

#e5e5ff

Tones

Color #6565ff mixed toward gray.

#7272f2

#7f7fe5

#8b8bd8

#9898cc

#a5a5bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565e6 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#6565df · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#65cfc9 · ΔE 42.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6565ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6565ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6565ff (#6565ff) is rgb(101, 101, 255) in RGB.

No, #6565ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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