#656d9d

Color #656d9d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.1 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#656d9d

RGB

rgb(101, 109, 157)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 22.2%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 35.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(47.15, 9.05, -26.95)

LCH

lch(47.15, 28.43, 288.56)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0755, 276.32)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 39.6%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d9565

Analogous

#65899d

#656d9d

#79659d

Triadic

#656d9d

#9d656d

#6d9d65

Split-complementary

#656d9d

#9d7965

#899d65

Tetradic

#656d9d

#95659d

#9d9565

#6d9d65

Square

#656d9d

#9d6589

#9d9565

#659d79

Shades

Color #656d9d mixed toward black.

#545a83

#434869

#32364f

#212435

#11121a

Tints

Color #656d9d mixed toward white.

#7f85ad

#989ebe

#b2b6ce

#cccede

#e5e7ef

Tones

Color #656d9d mixed toward gray.

#6a7098

#6e7494

#73778f

#787a8a

#7c7e86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696993 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#686791 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#658b89 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 17.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656d9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656d9d]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#656d9d (#656d9d) is rgb(101, 109, 157) in RGB.

No, #656d9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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