#656a8a

Color #656a8a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.19 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#656a8a

RGB

rgb(101, 106, 138)

HSL

hsl(231.9, 15.5%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.9, 26.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(45.51, 5.71, -18.22)

LCH

lch(45.51, 19.09, 287.4)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0505, 277.62)

HWB

hwb(231.9, 39.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8565

Analogous

#657d8a

#656a8a

#73658a

Triadic

#656a8a

#8a656a

#6a8a65

Split-complementary

#656a8a

#8a7365

#7d8a65

Tetradic

#656a8a

#85658a

#8a8565

#6a8a65

Square

#656a8a

#8a657d

#8a8565

#658a73

Shades

Color #656a8a mixed toward black.

#545873

#43475c

#333545

#22232e

#111217

Tints

Color #656a8a mixed toward white.

#7d81a0

#979bb3

#b1b4c6

#cbcdd9

#e5e6ec

Tones

Color #656a8a mixed toward gray.

#686c87

#6b6f84

#6e7181

#71737e

#75757b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676783 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#676781 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#657d7c · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #656a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656a8a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#656a8a (#656a8a) is rgb(101, 106, 138) in RGB.

No, #656a8a 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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