#659ef8

Color #659ef8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#659ef8

RGB

rgb(101, 158, 248)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 91.3%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 59.3%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.3%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(64.96, 7.82, -50.54)

LCH

lch(64.96, 51.14, 278.8)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1459, 259.18)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 39.6%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8bf65

Analogous

#65e8f8

#659ef8

#7565f8

Triadic

#659ef8

#f8659e

#9ef865

Split-complementary

#659ef8

#f87565

#e8f865

Tetradic

#659ef8

#bf65f8

#f8bf65

#9ef865

Square

#659ef8

#f865e8

#f8bf65

#65f875

Shades

Color #659ef8 mixed toward black.

#2d7bf5

#0a5dde

#0845a7

#052e6f

#031738

Tints

Color #659ef8 mixed toward white.

#7faef9

#98befa

#b2cefb

#ccdffd

#e5effe

Tones

Color #659ef8 mixed toward gray.

#71a1ec

#7da3df

#8aa6d3

#96a9c7

#a2acbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282e6 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#7e7ae2 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#69d7d4 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #659ef8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#659ef8]

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

#659ef8 (#659ef8) is rgb(101, 158, 248) in RGB.

No, #659ef8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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