#656e53

Color #656e53

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.43 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#656e53

RGB

rgb(101, 110, 83)

HSL

hsl(80, 14%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(80, 24.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 24.5%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(45, -8.64, 13.96)

LCH

lch(45, 16.42, 121.75)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0422, 122.82)

HWB

hwb(80, 32.5%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c536e

Analogous

#6e6953

#656e53

#576e53

Triadic

#656e53

#53656e

#6e5365

Split-complementary

#656e53

#53576e

#69536e

Tetradic

#656e53

#536e5c

#5c536e

#6e5365

Square

#656e53

#536e69

#5c536e

#6e5357

Shades

Color #656e53 mixed toward black.

#545c45

#434937

#323729

#22251c

#11120e

Tints

Color #656e53 mixed toward white.

#818c6a

#9aa486

#b3bba5

#cdd2c3

#e6e8e1

Tones

Color #656e53 mixed toward gray.

#646c55

#636957

#63675a

#62655c

#61635e

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

#69695a · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#68685c · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#656061 · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 13.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656e53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656e53]

Related colors

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#656e53 (#656e53) is rgb(101, 110, 83) in RGB.

No, #656e53 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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