#656e78

Color #656e78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.98 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#656e78

RGB

rgb(101, 110, 120)

HSL

hsl(211.6, 8.6%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.6, 15.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(46.01, -1.14, -6.7)

LCH

lch(46.01, 6.8, 260.34)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.0191, 251.09)

HWB

hwb(211.6, 39.6%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#786f65

Analogous

#657778

#656e78

#656578

Triadic

#656e78

#78656e

#6e7865

Split-complementary

#656e78

#786565

#777865

Tetradic

#656e78

#6f6578

#786f65

#6e7865

Square

#656e78

#786577

#786f65

#657865

Shades

Color #656e78 mixed toward black.

#545c64

#434950

#32373c

#222528

#111214

Tints

Color #656e78 mixed toward white.

#7c8691

#969ea7

#b0b6bd

#cbcfd3

#e5e7e9

Tones

Color #656e78 mixed toward gray.

#676e76

#686e75

#6a6e73

#6b6e72

#6d6e70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.05:1

White text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696976 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#686875 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#657473 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656e78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656e78]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#656e78 (#656e78) is rgb(101, 110, 120) in RGB.

No, #656e78 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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