Close to Glaucous

#647FAC

#647FAC is a mid-tone, muted blue, close to the color Glaucous. In RGB it’s made of 39.2% red, 49.8% green, and 67.5% blue. Its hue is 218°, with 30% saturation and 53% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

Make a palette Open in converter

Color codes

Tints, shades & tones

Tints add white, shades add black, tones add gray. Tap any one to open its page.

Tints

Shades

Tones

Color harmonies

Combinations from the color wheel, built around #647FAC.

Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

Aa

White text on this color

4.06:1 AA Large
Aa

Black text on this color

5.17:1 AA
Aa

This color as text on white

4.06:1 AA Large
Aa

This color as text on black

5.17:1 AA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #647FAC as they’d see it.

Typical vision#647FAC
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

#647FAC in use

New

A headline in this color

Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.

Primary buttonText link →

On a dark background

Get started
Gradient to its complement

Similar colors

Questions about #647FAC

What color is #647FAC?

#647FAC is a mid-tone, muted blue, close to the color Glaucous. In RGB it’s made of 39.2% red, 49.8% green, and 67.5% blue. Its hue is 218°, with 30% saturation and 53% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #647FAC in RGB?

#647FAC is rgb(100, 127, 172): 100 red, 127 green, and 172 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #647FAC in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(42, 26, 0, 33). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #647FAC?

PANTONE 2669 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #647FAC?

Its complement #937B50 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

Browse all color swatches