#656e6d

Color #656e6d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.88 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#656e6d

RGB

rgb(101, 110, 109)

HSL

hsl(173.3, 4.3%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.3, 8.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(45.67, -3.62, -0.62)

LCH

lch(45.67, 3.67, 189.72)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.011, 188.86)

HWB

hwb(173.3, 39.6%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e6566

Analogous

#656e69

#656e6d

#656b6e

Triadic

#656e6d

#6d656e

#6e6d65

Split-complementary

#656e6d

#6e656b

#6e6965

Tetradic

#656e6d

#65666e

#6e6566

#6e6d65

Square

#656e6d

#69656e

#6e6566

#6b6e65

Shades

Color #656e6d mixed toward black.

#545c5b

#434949

#333737

#222524

#111212

Tints

Color #656e6d mixed toward white.

#7d8887

#97a09f

#b1b7b7

#cbcfcf

#e5e7e7

Tones

Color #656e6d mixed toward gray.

#666d6d

#676d6c

#676c6b

#686b6b

#696a6a

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

#69696d · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#68686d · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#656d6d · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #656e6d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656e6d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#656e6d (#656e6d) is rgb(101, 110, 109) in RGB.

No, #656e6d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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