#656fa6

Color #656fa6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.19 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#656fa6

RGB

rgb(101, 111, 166)

HSL

hsl(230.8, 26.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.8, 39.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.2%, 33.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(48.12, 10.4, -30.73)

LCH

lch(48.12, 32.44, 288.7)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.0863, 275.39)

HWB

hwb(230.8, 39.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69c65

Analogous

#6590a6

#656fa6

#7c65a6

Triadic

#656fa6

#a6656f

#6fa665

Split-complementary

#656fa6

#a67c65

#90a665

Tetradic

#656fa6

#9c65a6

#a69c65

#6fa665

Square

#656fa6

#a66590

#a69c65

#65a67c

Shades

Color #656fa6 mixed toward black.

#525b8d

#414971

#313655

#212438

#10121c

Tints

Color #656fa6 mixed toward white.

#7f87b5

#989fc4

#b2b7d3

#cccfe1

#e5e7f0

Tones

Color #656fa6 mixed toward gray.

#6b73a1

#70779b

#757a96

#7b7e90

#80828b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.38:1

White text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696a9b · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#696898 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#66918f · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #656fa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656fa6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#656fa6 (#656fa6) is rgb(101, 111, 166) in RGB.

No, #656fa6 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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