#656666

Color #656666

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 1.36 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#656666

RGB

rgb(101, 102, 102)

HSL

hsl(180, 0.5%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 1%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(1%, 0%, 0%, 60%)

LAB

lab(43.11, -0.39, -0.14)

LCH

lch(43.11, 0.41, 199.75)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0013, 198.43)

HWB

hwb(180, 39.6%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#666565

Analogous

#656665

#656666

#656566

Triadic

#656666

#666566

#666665

Split-complementary

#656666

#666565

Tetradic

#656666

#656566

#666565

#666665

Square

#656666

#656566

#666565

#656665

Shades

Color #656666 mixed toward black.

#545555

#434444

#323333

#222222

#111111

Tints

Color #656666 mixed toward white.

#7e8080

#989999

#b2b3b3

#cccccc

#e5e6e6

Tones

Color #656666 mixed toward gray.

#656666

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.65:1

White text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656566 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#656566 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#656666 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 0.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656666;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656666]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#656666 (#656666) is rgb(101, 102, 102) in RGB.

No, #656666 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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