#656c78

Color #656c78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.64 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#656c78

RGB

rgb(101, 108, 120)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 8.6%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 15.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 10%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(45.42, 0.04, -7.57)

LCH

lch(45.42, 7.57, 270.3)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.0207, 261.4)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 39.6%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787165

Analogous

#657578

#656c78

#676578

Triadic

#656c78

#78656c

#6c7865

Split-complementary

#656c78

#786765

#757865

Tetradic

#656c78

#716578

#787165

#6c7865

Square

#656c78

#786575

#787165

#657867

Shades

Color #656c78 mixed toward black.

#545a64

#434850

#32363c

#222428

#111214

Tints

Color #656c78 mixed toward white.

#7c8491

#969ca7

#b0b5bd

#cbced3

#e5e6e9

Tones

Color #656c78 mixed toward gray.

#676c76

#686d75

#6a6d73

#6b6e72

#6d6e70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.97:1

White text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686875 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#686775 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#657372 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 6.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656c78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656c78]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#656c78 (#656c78) is rgb(101, 108, 120) in RGB.

No, #656c78 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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