#655ca9

Color #655ca9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.87 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#655ca9

RGB

rgb(101, 92, 169)

HSL

hsl(247, 30.9%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247, 45.6%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 45.6%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(43.19, 22.97, -40.26)

LCH

lch(43.19, 46.35, 299.71)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.1188, 286.83)

HWB

hwb(247, 36.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a95c

Analogous

#5c7aa9

#655ca9

#8c5ca9

Triadic

#655ca9

#a9655c

#5ca965

Split-complementary

#655ca9

#a98c5c

#7aa95c

Tetradic

#655ca9

#a95ca0

#a0a95c

#5ca965

Square

#655ca9

#a95c7a

#a0a95c

#5ca98c

Shades

Color #655ca9 mixed toward black.

#534b8e

#423c72

#322d55

#211e39

#110f1c

Tints

Color #655ca9 mixed toward white.

#7f77b7

#9892c6

#b2aed4

#ccc9e2

#e5e4f1

Tones

Color #655ca9 mixed toward gray.

#6a63a3

#6f699c

#746f96

#79768f

#7e7c89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.66:1

White text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61619b · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#626297 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#658e8b · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 23.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #655ca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#655ca9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#655ca9 (#655ca9) is rgb(101, 92, 169) in RGB.

No, #655ca9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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