#656181

Color #656181

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#656181

RGB

rgb(101, 97, 129)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 14.2%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 24.8%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(42.61, 8.89, -17.25)

LCH

lch(42.61, 19.41, 297.26)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0504, 290.2)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 38%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d8161

Analogous

#616d81

#656181

#756181

Triadic

#656181

#816561

#618165

Split-complementary

#656181

#817561

#6d8161

Tetradic

#656181

#81617d

#7d8161

#618165

Square

#656181

#81616d

#7d8161

#618175

Shades

Color #656181 mixed toward black.

#54516c

#434156

#323041

#22202b

#111016

Tints

Color #656181 mixed toward white.

#7c7899

#9693ae

#b0aec2

#cbc9d6

#e5e4eb

Tones

Color #656181 mixed toward gray.

#67647e

#69667c

#6b6979

#6d6c76

#6f6e74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.58:1

White text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63637a · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#646479 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#657473 · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656181;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656181]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#656181 (#656181) is rgb(101, 97, 129) in RGB.

No, #656181 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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