#657AEFPan Purple (#657AEF) is a mid-tone, saturated blue with an OKLCH hue of 273°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.176. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #657AEF |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(101, 122, 239) |
| HSL | hsl(231, 81%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(231, 58%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(58%, 49%, 0%, 6%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(55 26.3 -61.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.622 0.176 273) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Pan Purple shifts subtly: leans toward purple, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#6e78e1 — ΔE 2.3, shifts subtly: leans toward purple, loses intensity#6b7beb — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward purple#657aef — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#647af2 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchangedTest Pan Purple in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 3.76:1 and against black 5.58:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#d4ddff · #9eb2ff · #657aef · #4e5fca · #313b9b · #18176d
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#4cb5f9 · #5499f7 · #657aef · #7460cd · #7848a7 · #733480
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c192c4 · #657aef · #4e5fbe · #791881 · #1f2579 · #2f0333
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#eaefff · #eac000 · #657aef · #5c6585 · #37437c · #22294a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f7f2e0 · #9aa1b9 · #657aef · #706c60 · #262b42 · #040200
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f5f2e6 · #cfcbbe · #a5a192 · #332d1a · #110b00 · #657aef
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#fef2ca · #c19f17 · #657aef · #836a00 · #382b00 · #010011
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#dfe1bb · #e4b589 · #657aef · #67764f · #4d3531 · #140524
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffede9 · #ec7e68 · #657aef · #008242 · #003718 · #080000
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf0 · #e9799a · #657aef · #836a00 · #00352f · #0a0500
#798FF7 · #8EA3FE · #A6B8FF · #BFCDFF · #D8E1FF
#5162CC · #3E4CA9 · #2C3688 · #1B2168 · #0C0B4A
#6B7FDA · #7282C4 · #7985AE
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.