#665a79

Color #665a79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#665a79

RGB

rgb(102, 90, 121)

HSL

hsl(263.2, 14.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.2, 25.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(40.44, 11.58, -15.71)

LCH

lch(40.44, 19.52, 306.39)

OKLCH

oklch(49.1%, 0.0507, 302.28)

HWB

hwb(263.2, 35.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d795a

Analogous

#5a5e79

#665a79

#765a79

Triadic

#665a79

#79665a

#5a7966

Split-complementary

#665a79

#79765a

#5e795a

Tetradic

#665a79

#795a6d

#6d795a

#5a7966

Square

#665a79

#795a5e

#6d795a

#5a7976

Shades

Color #665a79 mixed toward black.

#554b65

#443c51

#332d3d

#221e28

#110f14

Tints

Color #665a79 mixed toward white.

#7e7095

#988daa

#b2a9bf

#ccc6d5

#e5e2ea

Tones

Color #665a79 mixed toward gray.

#675d77

#675f74

#686271

#68646f

#69676c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616172 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#626371 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#656d6c · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #665a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#665a79]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#665a79 (#665a79) is rgb(102, 90, 121) in RGB.

No, #665a79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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