#656e88

Color #656e88

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.33 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#656e88

RGB

rgb(101, 110, 136)

HSL

hsl(224.6, 14.8%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.6, 25.7%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(46.57, 2.79, -15.41)

LCH

lch(46.57, 15.66, 280.26)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0422, 270)

HWB

hwb(224.6, 39.6%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#887f65

Analogous

#658088

#656e88

#6e6588

Triadic

#656e88

#88656e

#6e8865

Split-complementary

#656e88

#886e65

#808865

Tetradic

#656e88

#7f6588

#887f65

#6e8865

Square

#656e88

#886580

#887f65

#65886e

Shades

Color #656e88 mixed toward black.

#545c71

#43495b

#333744

#22252d

#111217

Tints

Color #656e88 mixed toward white.

#7c859e

#979db2

#b1b6c5

#cbced8

#e5e7ec

Tones

Color #656e88 mixed toward gray.

#686f85

#6b7182

#6e727f

#71747c

#747579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696982 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#686881 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#657e7d · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 11.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656e88;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656e88]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#656e88 (#656e88) is rgb(101, 110, 136) in RGB.

No, #656e88 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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