#656d87

Color #656d87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#656d87

RGB

rgb(101, 109, 135)

HSL

hsl(225.9, 14.4%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.9, 25.2%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(46.25, 3.13, -15.3)

LCH

lch(46.25, 15.62, 281.56)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0419, 271.5)

HWB

hwb(225.9, 39.6%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#877f65

Analogous

#657e87

#656d87

#6e6587

Triadic

#656d87

#87656d

#6d8765

Split-complementary

#656d87

#876e65

#7e8765

Tetradic

#656d87

#7f6587

#877f65

#6d8765

Square

#656d87

#87657e

#877f65

#65876e

Shades

Color #656d87 mixed toward black.

#545b71

#43495a

#333744

#22242d

#111217

Tints

Color #656d87 mixed toward white.

#7c849d

#979db1

#b1b5c4

#cbced8

#e5e6eb

Tones

Color #656d87 mixed toward gray.

#686f84

#6b7081

#6e727f

#70737c

#737579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696981 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#686780 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#657d7c · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656d87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656d87]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#656d87 (#656d87) is rgb(101, 109, 135) in RGB.

No, #656d87 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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