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#656D7E

#656d7e ≈ Slate Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#656d7e is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 42.75% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.84% cyan, 13.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black. Its hue angle is 220.8°, with 11.01% saturation and 44.51% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 7.94.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1521

Complementary

  1. #656d7e
  2. #7e7665

Split complementary

  1. #656d7e
  2. #7e6a65
  3. #797e65

Analogous

  1. #65797e
  2. #656d7e
  3. #6a657e

Triadic

  1. #656d7e
  2. #7e656d
  3. #6d7e65

Tetradic

  1. #656d7e
  2. #76657e
  3. #7e7665
  4. #6d7e65

Square

  1. #656d7e
  2. #7e6579
  3. #7e7665
  4. #657e6a

Monochromatic

  1. #212429
  2. #434854
  3. #656d7e
  4. #8c94a3
  5. #b7bbc5

Shades

#656d7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #656d7e
  2. #5b6271
  3. #515765
  4. #474c58
  5. #3d414c
  6. #33373f
  7. #282c32
  8. #1e2126
  9. #141619
  10. #0a0b0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#656d7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #656d7e
  2. #747c8b
  3. #848a98
  4. #9399a5
  5. #a3a7b2
  6. #b2b6bf
  7. #c1c5cb
  8. #d1d3d8
  9. #e0e2e5
  10. #f0f0f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#656d7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #656d7e
  2. #686f7e
  3. #6a717e
  4. #6d737f
  5. #70757f
  6. #73777f
  7. #75787f
  8. #787a7f
  9. #7b7c80
  10. #7d7e80
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6d6d6d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a6d74 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #686e7f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #666c7e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f7072 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #676e7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #656c7e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #616f77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-656d7e {
  color: #656d7e;
}
Background
.bg-656d7e {
  background-color: #656d7e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-656d7e {
  border: 2px solid #656d7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #656d7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 109 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 11% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-656d7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #656d7e, #6a657e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-656d7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 109 126 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.94 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.94 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 8.62 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 8.62 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 10.24 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.76 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.76 #9a9281 Inverted #6d6d6d Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#656d7e  rgb(101, 109, 126)  hsl(221, 11%, 45%)  Slate Gray
#7e7665  rgb(126, 118, 101)  hsl(41, 11%, 45%)  Battleship Gray
#7e656d  rgb(126, 101, 109)  hsl(341, 11%, 45%)  Old Lavender
#6d7e65  rgb(109, 126, 101)  hsl(101, 11%, 45%)  Xanadu