Information about #659FC4 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #659FC4 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(101, 159, 196) — 39.6% red, 62.4% green, 76.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 37 / 15 / 0 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure, #659FC4 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Blue Koi (#659EC7). Slightly further away sit Cerulean Frost (#6D9BC3) and Blue Gray (#6699CC).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(101, 159, 196)), which gives #659FC4 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. #659FC4 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#659FC4 color variations

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#659FC4 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 #659FC4

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

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Meltwater color link
Meltwater

#6EAEC0

Hannah color link
Hannah

#6DA5B4

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

#659FC4 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#659FC4
  • RGB101, 159, 196
  • CMYK37, 15, 0, 23
  • CSSrgb(101, 159, 196)
  • HSL203°, 45%, 58%
  • HSL Precise203.368°, 44.601%, 58.235%
  • HSV203°, 48%, 77%
  • HSB203°, 48%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.624
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • GLSLvec3(0.396, 0.624, 0.769)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.396, 0.624, 0.769, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.396, 0.624, 0.769)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.9%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID659FC4
  • DECIMAL ID6660036
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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