#659cf5

Color #659cf5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.77 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#659cf5

RGB

rgb(101, 156, 245)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 87.8%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 58.8%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.8%, 36.3%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(64.27, 8.01, -49.99)

LCH

lch(64.27, 50.63, 279.1)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1441, 259.6)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 39.6%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5be65

Analogous

#65e4f5

#659cf5

#7665f5

Triadic

#659cf5

#f5659c

#9cf565

Split-complementary

#659cf5

#f57665

#e4f565

Tetradic

#659cf5

#be65f5

#f5be65

#9cf565

Square

#659cf5

#f565e4

#f5be65

#65f576

Shades

Color #659cf5 mixed toward black.

#2f79f1

#0e5bd8

#0b44a2

#072e6c

#041736

Tints

Color #659cf5 mixed toward white.

#7eacf7

#98bdf8

#b2cdfa

#ccdefc

#e5eefd

Tones

Color #659cf5 mixed toward gray.

#719fe9

#7da2dd

#89a4d1

#95a7c5

#a1aab9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181e4 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#7d79df · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#69d4d1 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #659cf5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#659cf5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#659cf5 (#659cf5) is rgb(101, 156, 245) in RGB.

No, #659cf5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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