#656aac

Color #656aac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#656aac

RGB

rgb(101, 106, 172)

HSL

hsl(235.8, 30%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.8, 41.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.3%, 38.4%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(47.04, 15.21, -35.93)

LCH

lch(47.04, 39.02, 292.94)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.1023, 279.17)

HWB

hwb(235.8, 39.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca765

Analogous

#658dac

#656aac

#8365ac

Triadic

#656aac

#ac656a

#6aac65

Split-complementary

#656aac

#ac8365

#8dac65

Tetradic

#656aac

#a765ac

#aca765

#6aac65

Square

#656aac

#ac658d

#aca765

#65ac83

Shades

Color #656aac mixed toward black.

#505494

#404376

#303359

#20223b

#10111e

Tints

Color #656aac mixed toward white.

#7f83ba

#989cc8

#b2b4d5

#cccde3

#e5e6f1

Tones

Color #656aac mixed toward gray.

#6b6fa6

#7174a0

#77799a

#7d7e94

#82838e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#67679f · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#67679c · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#659491 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656aac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656aac]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#656aac (#656aac) is rgb(101, 106, 172) in RGB.

No, #656aac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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