#655d79

Color #655d79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.87 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#655d79

RGB

rgb(101, 93, 121)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 13.1%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 23.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(41.18, 9.37, -14.59)

LCH

lch(41.18, 17.34, 302.71)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.045, 297.82)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 36.5%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71795d

Analogous

#5d6379

#655d79

#735d79

Triadic

#655d79

#79655d

#5d7965

Split-complementary

#655d79

#79735d

#63795d

Tetradic

#655d79

#795d71

#71795d

#5d7965

Square

#655d79

#795d63

#71795d

#5d7973

Shades

Color #655d79 mixed toward black.

#544e65

#433e51

#332f3d

#221f28

#111014

Tints

Color #655d79 mixed toward white.

#7d7494

#978fa9

#b1abbf

#cbc7d4

#e5e3ea

Tones

Color #655d79 mixed toward gray.

#665f77

#676274

#686472

#696670

#6a696d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.4:1

White text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626273 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#626371 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#656e6d · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 13.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #655d79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#655d79]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#655d79 (#655d79) is rgb(101, 93, 121) in RGB.

No, #655d79 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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