#656379

Color #656379

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#656379

RGB

rgb(101, 99, 121)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 10%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 18.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(42.87, 5.7, -12.02)

LCH

lch(42.87, 13.3, 295.37)

OKLCH

oklch(51%, 0.0346, 289.22)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 38.8%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#777963

Analogous

#636c79

#656379

#706379

Triadic

#656379

#796563

#637965

Split-complementary

#656379

#797063

#6c7963

Tetradic

#656379

#796377

#777963

#637965

Square

#656379

#79636c

#777963

#637970

Shades

Color #656379 mixed toward black.

#545265

#434251

#32313c

#222128

#111014

Tints

Color #656379 mixed toward white.

#7c7a92

#9695a8

#b1afbe

#cbcad3

#e5e4e9

Tones

Color #656379 mixed toward gray.

#666577

#686775

#696873

#6b6a72

#6c6c70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.61:1

White text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646474 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#646473 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#65706f · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656379;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656379]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#656379 (#656379) is rgb(101, 99, 121) in RGB.

No, #656379 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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