#655e9b

Color #655e9b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.67 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#655e9b

RGB

rgb(101, 94, 155)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 24.5%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 39.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.8%, 39.4%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(42.97, 17.71, -32.31)

LCH

lch(42.97, 36.85, 298.73)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0951, 287.83)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 36.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949b5e

Analogous

#5e759b

#655e9b

#835e9b

Triadic

#655e9b

#9b655e

#5e9b65

Split-complementary

#655e9b

#9b835e

#759b5e

Tetradic

#655e9b

#9b5e94

#949b5e

#5e9b65

Square

#655e9b

#9b5e75

#949b5e

#5e9b83

Shades

Color #655e9b mixed toward black.

#544e81

#433f67

#322f4d

#221f34

#11101a

Tints

Color #655e9b mixed toward white.

#7e78ad

#9893bd

#b1aece

#cbc9de

#e5e4ef

Tones

Color #655e9b mixed toward gray.

#696396

#6d6891

#716d8c

#757287

#797782

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62628f · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#62638c · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#658583 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #655e9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#655e9b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#655e9b (#655e9b) is rgb(101, 94, 155) in RGB.

No, #655e9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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