#656b6f

Color #656b6f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.36 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#656b6f

RGB

rgb(101, 107, 111)

HSL

hsl(204, 4.7%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 9%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(44.84, -1.42, -3.02)

LCH

lch(44.84, 3.34, 244.82)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0097, 236.8)

HWB

hwb(204, 39.6%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f6965

Analogous

#656f6e

#656b6f

#65666f

Triadic

#656b6f

#6f656b

#6b6f65

Split-complementary

#656b6f

#6f6566

#6f6e65

Tetradic

#656b6f

#69656f

#6f6965

#6b6f65

Square

#656b6f

#6e656f

#6f6965

#666f65

Shades

Color #656b6f mixed toward black.

#54595d

#43474a

#333638

#222425

#111213

Tints

Color #656b6f mixed toward white.

#7d8489

#979da0

#b1b5b8

#cbced0

#e5e6e7

Tones

Color #656b6f mixed toward gray.

#666b6e

#676b6d

#686b6d

#686a6c

#696a6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.89:1

White text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68686e · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#67676e · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#656d6d · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #656b6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656b6f]

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Frequently asked questions

#656b6f (#656b6f) is rgb(101, 107, 111) in RGB.

No, #656b6f 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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