#656e86

Color #656e86

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.59 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#656e86

RGB

rgb(101, 110, 134)

HSL

hsl(223.6, 14%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.6, 24.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(46.5, 2.28, -14.33)

LCH

lch(46.5, 14.51, 279.04)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.0392, 268.98)

HWB

hwb(223.6, 39.6%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#867d65

Analogous

#657f86

#656e86

#6d6586

Triadic

#656e86

#86656e

#6e8665

Split-complementary

#656e86

#866d65

#7f8665

Tetradic

#656e86

#7d6586

#867d65

#6e8665

Square

#656e86

#86657f

#867d65

#65866d

Shades

Color #656e86 mixed toward black.

#545c70

#434959

#333743

#22252d

#111216

Tints

Color #656e86 mixed toward white.

#7c859c

#979eb0

#b1b6c4

#cbced8

#e5e7eb

Tones

Color #656e86 mixed toward gray.

#686f83

#6b7181

#6d727e

#70737b

#737478

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.13:1

White text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696981 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#68687f · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#657c7b · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #656e86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656e86]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#656e86 (#656e86) is rgb(101, 110, 134) in RGB.

No, #656e86 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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