#656168

Color #656168

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.3 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#656168

RGB

rgb(101, 97, 104)

HSL

hsl(274.3, 3.5%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.3, 6.7%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 6.7%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(41.71, 3.04, -3.4)

LCH

lch(41.71, 4.56, 311.8)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.012, 311.28)

HWB

hwb(274.3, 38%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#646861

Analogous

#616168

#656168

#686167

Triadic

#656168

#686561

#616865

Split-complementary

#656168

#676861

#616861

Tetradic

#656168

#686164

#646861

#616865

Square

#656168

#686161

#646861

#616768

Shades

Color #656168 mixed toward black.

#545157

#434145

#323034

#222023

#111011

Tints

Color #656168 mixed toward white.

#7f7a83

#98949c

#b2afb4

#cccacd

#e5e4e6

Tones

Color #656168 mixed toward gray.

#656267

#656366

#656465

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.46:1

White text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636366 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#646466 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#656565 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656168;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656168]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#656168 (#656168) is rgb(101, 97, 104) in RGB.

No, #656168 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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