#656fc2

Color #656fc2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#656fc2

RGB

rgb(101, 111, 194)

HSL

hsl(233.5, 43.3%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.5, 47.9%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.9%, 42.8%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(49.53, 18.78, -44.75)

LCH

lch(49.53, 48.53, 292.77)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.1275, 276.39)

HWB

hwb(233.5, 39.6%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2b865

Analogous

#659dc2

#656fc2

#8965c2

Triadic

#656fc2

#c2656f

#6fc265

Split-complementary

#656fc2

#c28965

#9dc265

Tetradic

#656fc2

#b865c2

#c2b865

#6fc265

Square

#656fc2

#c2659d

#c2b865

#65c289

Shades

Color #656fc2 mixed toward black.

#4651b0

#38418d

#2a316a

#1c2046

#0e1023

Tints

Color #656fc2 mixed toward white.

#7e87cc

#989fd6

#b2b7e0

#cccfeb

#e5e7f5

Tones

Color #656fc2 mixed toward gray.

#6d75ba

#747bb2

#7c81ab

#8487a3

#8c8d9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696ab2 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6968ae · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#66a5a1 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #656fc2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656fc2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#656fc2 (#656fc2) is rgb(101, 111, 194) in RGB.

No, #656fc2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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