#655b7b

Color #655b7b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.93 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#655b7b

RGB

rgb(101, 91, 123)

HSL

hsl(258.8, 15%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.8, 26%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 26%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(40.7, 11.1, -16.53)

LCH

lch(40.7, 19.91, 303.88)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.0517, 298.8)

HWB

hwb(258.8, 35.7%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#717b5b

Analogous

#5b617b

#655b7b

#755b7b

Triadic

#655b7b

#7b655b

#5b7b65

Split-complementary

#655b7b

#7b755b

#617b5b

Tetradic

#655b7b

#7b5b71

#717b5b

#5b7b65

Square

#655b7b

#7b5b61

#717b5b

#5b7b75

Shades

Color #655b7b mixed toward black.

#544c67

#433d52

#332e3e

#221e29

#110f15

Tints

Color #655b7b mixed toward white.

#7d7196

#978eab

#b1aac0

#cbc6d5

#e5e3ea

Tones

Color #655b7b mixed toward gray.

#665e78

#676076

#686373

#696670

#6a686e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.34:1

White text reads better on this background (6.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616174 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#616273 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#656f6d · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #655b7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#655b7b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#655b7b (#655b7b) is rgb(101, 91, 123) in RGB.

No, #655b7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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