Information about #657BAB color

#657BAB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#657BAB falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(101, 123, 171) — 39.6% red, 48.2% green, 67.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 19 / 0 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#657BAB is a softly balanced azure that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Grizzlies Blue (#5D76A9). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Ashleigh Blue (#6B86AA) and Glaucous (#6082B6).

In RGB terms — rgb(101, 123, 171) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #657BAB: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #657BAB is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#657BAB color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#657BAB color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #657BAB

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

Hoki color link
Hoki

#65869F

Greyish Blue color link
Greyish Blue

#5E819D

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Grey Blue color link
Grey Blue

#6B8BA4

Deloras color link
Deloras

#606AA1

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#657BAB
  • RGB101, 123, 171
  • CMYK27, 19, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(101, 123, 171)
  • HSL221°, 29%, 53%
  • HSL Precise221.143°, 29.412%, 53.333%
  • HSV221°, 41%, 67%
  • HSB221°, 41%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • GLSLvec3(0.396, 0.482, 0.671)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.396, 0.482, 0.671, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.396, 0.482, 0.671)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID657BAB
  • DECIMAL ID6650795
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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