#65697c

Color #65697c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#65697c

RGB

rgb(101, 105, 124)

HSL

hsl(229.6, 10.2%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.6, 18.5%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(44.7, 2.79, -11.07)

LCH

lch(44.7, 11.42, 284.15)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0303, 275.88)

HWB

hwb(229.6, 39.6%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7865

Analogous

#65747c

#65697c

#6c657c

Triadic

#65697c

#7c6569

#697c65

Split-complementary

#65697c

#7c6c65

#747c65

Tetradic

#65697c

#78657c

#7c7865

#697c65

Square

#65697c

#7c6574

#7c7865

#657c6c

Shades

Color #65697c mixed toward black.

#545767

#434653

#32343e

#222329

#111115

Tints

Color #65697c mixed toward white.

#7c8094

#969aaa

#b0b3bf

#cbccd4

#e5e6ea

Tones

Color #65697c mixed toward gray.

#676a7a

#696b78

#6b6d76

#6d6e74

#6f6f72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676778 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#676677 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#657473 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 9.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #65697c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#65697c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#65697c (#65697c) is rgb(101, 105, 124) in RGB.

No, #65697c 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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