#656d72

Color #656d72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 4.42 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#656d72

RGB

rgb(101, 109, 114)

HSL

hsl(203.1, 6%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.1, 11.4%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(45.52, -1.93, -3.82)

LCH

lch(45.52, 4.28, 243.2)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.0126, 235.05)

HWB

hwb(203.1, 39.6%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#726a65

Analogous

#657271

#656d72

#656772

Triadic

#656d72

#72656d

#6d7265

Split-complementary

#656d72

#726567

#727165

Tetradic

#656d72

#6a6572

#726a65

#6d7265

Square

#656d72

#716572

#726a65

#677265

Shades

Color #656d72 mixed toward black.

#545b5f

#43494c

#333739

#222426

#111213

Tints

Color #656d72 mixed toward white.

#7d868c

#979ea3

#b1b6ba

#cbcfd1

#e5e7e8

Tones

Color #656d72 mixed toward gray.

#666d71

#676d70

#686c6f

#696c6e

#6b6c6d

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

#696971 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#686771 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#657070 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 4.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656d72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656d72]

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Frequently asked questions

#656d72 (#656d72) is rgb(101, 109, 114) in RGB.

No, #656d72 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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