#656d7a

Color #656d7a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.71 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#656d7a

RGB

rgb(101, 109, 122)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 9.4%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 17.2%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(45.78, -0.08, -8.24)

LCH

lch(45.78, 8.24, 269.44)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.0226, 260.08)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 39.6%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7265

Analogous

#65777a

#656d7a

#67657a

Triadic

#656d7a

#7a656d

#6d7a65

Split-complementary

#656d7a

#7a6765

#777a65

Tetradic

#656d7a

#72657a

#7a7265

#6d7a65

Square

#656d7a

#7a6577

#7a7265

#657a67

Shades

Color #656d7a mixed toward black.

#545b66

#434951

#32363d

#222429

#111214

Tints

Color #656d7a mixed toward white.

#7c8593

#969da8

#b0b6be

#cbced4

#e5e7e9

Tones

Color #656d7a mixed toward gray.

#676d78

#686e76

#6a6e75

#6c6f73

#6e6f71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696977 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#686776 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#657574 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656d7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656d7a]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#656d7a (#656d7a) is rgb(101, 109, 122) in RGB.

No, #656d7a 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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