#656c7f

Color #656c7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.19 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#656c7f

RGB

rgb(101, 108, 127)

HSL

hsl(223.8, 11.4%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.8, 20.5%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.5%, 15%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(45.67, 1.72, -11.4)

LCH

lch(45.67, 11.53, 278.58)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.031, 269.45)

HWB

hwb(223.8, 39.6%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7865

Analogous

#65797f

#656c7f

#6b657f

Triadic

#656c7f

#7f656c

#6c7f65

Split-complementary

#656c7f

#7f6b65

#797f65

Tetradic

#656c7f

#78657f

#7f7865

#6c7f65

Square

#656c7f

#7f6579

#7f7865

#657f6b

Shades

Color #656c7f mixed toward black.

#545a6a

#434855

#32363f

#22242a

#111215

Tints

Color #656c7f mixed toward white.

#7c8397

#969cac

#b0b5c1

#cbced5

#e5e6ea

Tones

Color #656c7f mixed toward gray.

#676d7d

#696e7b

#6b6f78

#6e7076

#707174

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4:1

White text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68687b · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#68677a · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#657776 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #656c7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656c7f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#656c7f (#656c7f) is rgb(101, 108, 127) in RGB.

No, #656c7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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