#656e61

Color #656e61

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.66 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#656e61

RGB

rgb(101, 110, 97)

HSL

hsl(101.5, 6.3%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(101.5, 11.8%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(45.33, -6.09, 6.09)

LCH

lch(45.33, 8.61, 135)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.0228, 136.07)

HWB

hwb(101.5, 38%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a616e

Analogous

#6c6e61

#656e61

#616e64

Triadic

#656e61

#61656e

#6e6165

Split-complementary

#656e61

#64616e

#6e616c

Tetradic

#656e61

#616e6a

#6a616e

#6e6165

Square

#656e61

#616c6e

#6a616e

#6e6461

Shades

Color #656e61 mixed toward black.

#545c51

#434941

#333731

#222520

#111210

Tints

Color #656e61 mixed toward white.

#7e8979

#98a094

#b1b8ae

#cbd0c9

#e5e7e4

Tones

Color #656e61 mixed toward gray.

#656d62

#666c63

#666b64

#676a65

#676966

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.96:1

White text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696964 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#686865 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#656767 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656e61;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656e61]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Frequently asked questions

#656e61 (#656e61) is rgb(101, 110, 97) in RGB.

No, #656e61 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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