#656583

Color #656583

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.16 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#656583

RGB

rgb(101, 101, 131)

HSL

hsl(240, 12.9%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 22.9%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(43.82, 6.95, -16.61)

LCH

lch(43.82, 18.01, 292.71)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0471, 284.63)

HWB

hwb(240, 39.6%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838365

Analogous

#657483

#656583

#746583

Triadic

#656583

#836565

#658365

Split-complementary

#656583

#837465

#748365

Tetradic

#656583

#836583

#838365

#658365

Square

#656583

#836574

#838365

#658374

Shades

Color #656583 mixed toward black.

#54546d

#434357

#333341

#22222c

#111116

Tints

Color #656583 mixed toward white.

#7c7c9a

#9696ae

#b1b1c2

#cbcbd7

#e5e5eb

Tones

Color #656583 mixed toward gray.

#686880

#6a6a7e

#6d6d7c

#6f6f79

#727277

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.74:1

White text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65657d · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#65657b · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#657776 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656583;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656583]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#656583 (#656583) is rgb(101, 101, 131) in RGB.

No, #656583 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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