#656966

Color #656966

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 2.49 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#656966

RGB

rgb(101, 105, 102)

HSL

hsl(135, 1.9%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(135, 3.8%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 2.9%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(43.99, -2.17, 1.15)

LCH

lch(43.99, 2.46, 152.08)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0068, 153.81)

HWB

hwb(135, 39.6%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#696568

Analogous

#666965

#656966

#656968

Triadic

#656966

#666569

#696665

Split-complementary

#656966

#686569

#696566

Tetradic

#656966

#656869

#696568

#696665

Square

#656966

#656669

#696568

#696865

Shades

Color #656966 mixed toward black.

#545755

#434644

#333433

#222322

#111111

Tints

Color #656966 mixed toward white.

#7e837f

#989c99

#b2b4b2

#cbcdcc

#e5e6e5

Tones

Color #656966 mixed toward gray.

#656966

#666866

#666867

#676767

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676767 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#676667 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#656767 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656966;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656966]

Related colors

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Spring Green #00ff7f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Frequently asked questions

#656966 (#656966) is rgb(101, 105, 102) in RGB.

No, #656966 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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