#657579

Color #657579

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.5 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#657579

RGB

rgb(101, 117, 121)

HSL

hsl(192, 9%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 16.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(48.1, -5, -4.2)

LCH

lch(48.1, 6.53, 220.03)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.0201, 214.64)

HWB

hwb(192, 39.6%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#796965

Analogous

#657973

#657579

#656b79

Triadic

#657579

#796575

#757965

Split-complementary

#657579

#79656b

#797365

Tetradic

#657579

#696579

#796965

#757965

Square

#657579

#736579

#796965

#6b7965

Shades

Color #657579 mixed toward black.

#546165

#434e51

#323a3c

#222728

#111314

Tints

Color #657579 mixed toward white.

#7c8d92

#96a4a8

#b0bbbd

#cbd2d3

#e5e8e9

Tones

Color #657579 mixed toward gray.

#677477

#687376

#6a7274

#6c7172

#6d7071

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

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

#6c6c78 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#6b6a78 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#667777 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 7.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #657579;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#657579]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#657579 (#657579) is rgb(101, 117, 121) in RGB.

No, #657579 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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