Information about #657C97 color

#657C97 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #657C97 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(101, 124, 151) — 39.6% red, 48.6% green, 59.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 20 / 11 / 0 / 41. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #657C97 feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from LuLu (#637F95). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Escapade (#667C91) and Tsunami (#6B8393).

The recipe behind #657C97 is rgb(101, 124, 151), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #657C97 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 4.9:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 4.3:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#657C97 color variations

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

#657C97 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 #657C97

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

LuLu color link
LuLu

#637F95

Escapade color link
Escapade

#667C91

Tsunami color link
Tsunami

#6B8393

Blue Grey color link
Blue Grey

#607C8E

Greyish Blue color link
Greyish Blue

#5E819D

Horizon color link
Horizon

#648894

Hoki color link
Hoki

#65869F

Slate Gray color link
Slate Gray

#708090

Elevate color link
Elevate

#60768B

Gothic color link
Gothic

#698890

Panorama color link
Panorama

#597499

Lynch color link
Lynch

#697D89

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#657C97
  • RGB101, 124, 151
  • CMYK20, 11, 0, 41
  • CSSrgb(101, 124, 151)
  • HSL212°, 20%, 49%
  • HSL Precise212.4°, 19.841%, 49.412%
  • HSV212°, 33%, 59%
  • HSB212°, 33%, 59%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.486
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • GLSLvec3(0.396, 0.486, 0.592)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.396, 0.486, 0.592, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.396, 0.486, 0.592)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB59.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID657C97
  • DECIMAL ID6651031
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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