#656d74

Color #656d74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.28 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#656d74

RGB

rgb(101, 109, 116)

HSL

hsl(208, 6.9%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208, 12.9%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 6%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(45.59, -1.48, -4.93)

LCH

lch(45.59, 5.15, 253.29)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.0148, 244.3)

HWB

hwb(208, 39.6%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#746c65

Analogous

#657473

#656d74

#656574

Triadic

#656d74

#74656d

#6d7465

Split-complementary

#656d74

#746565

#747365

Tetradic

#656d74

#6c6574

#746c65

#6d7465

Square

#656d74

#736574

#746c65

#657465

Shades

Color #656d74 mixed toward black.

#545b61

#43494d

#32363a

#222427

#111213

Tints

Color #656d74 mixed toward white.

#7c858d

#979ea4

#b1b6bb

#cbced1

#e5e7e8

Tones

Color #656d74 mixed toward gray.

#666d73

#676d71

#696d70

#6a6d6f

#6b6c6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696972 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#686772 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#657171 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 4.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656d74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656d74]

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Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#656d74 (#656d74) is rgb(101, 109, 116) in RGB.

No, #656d74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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