#656b75

Color #656b75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.38 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#656b75

RGB

rgb(101, 107, 117)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 7.3%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 13.7%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(45.03, -0.06, -6.35)

LCH

lch(45.03, 6.35, 269.46)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.0173, 260.7)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 39.6%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#756f65

Analogous

#657375

#656b75

#676575

Triadic

#656b75

#75656b

#6b7565

Split-complementary

#656b75

#756765

#737565

Tetradic

#656b75

#6f6575

#756f65

#6b7565

Square

#656b75

#756573

#756f65

#657567

Shades

Color #656b75 mixed toward black.

#545961

#43474e

#32353a

#222427

#111213

Tints

Color #656b75 mixed toward white.

#7c838e

#969ca5

#b1b5bb

#cbcdd2

#e5e6e8

Tones

Color #656b75 mixed toward gray.

#666b74

#686c72

#696c71

#6a6c70

#6c6d6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686873 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#676772 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#657170 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 5.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656b75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656b75]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#656b75 (#656b75) is rgb(101, 107, 117) in RGB.

No, #656b75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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