Information about #659AEE color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #659AEE reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Cornflower Blue (#6495ED). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jay's Blue (#688CEC) and United Nations Blue (#5B92E5).
In RGB terms — rgb(101, 154, 238) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #659AEE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.8:1. No one has named #659AEE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#659AEE color variations
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#659AEE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#659AEE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#659AEE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#659AEE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#659AEE 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #659AEE color
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Nearest named colors to #659AEE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#6495ED
#688CEC
#5B92E5
#659FFF
#6488EA
#6CA0DC
#5DADEC
#658BFF
#7087FA
#68B1E2
#5294FF
#6CB4EE
#659AEE color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#659AEE
- RGB101, 154, 238
- CMYK54, 33, 0, 7
- CSSrgb(101, 154, 238)
- HSL217°, 80%, 66%
- HSL Precise216.788°, 80.117%, 66.471%
- HSV217°, 58%, 93%
- HSB217°, 58%, 93%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.396
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.604
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
- GLSLvec3(0.396, 0.604, 0.933)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.396, 0.604, 0.933, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.396, 0.604, 0.933)
- Percentage of Red in RGB39.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID659AEE
- DECIMAL ID6658798
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
