Information about #656C63 color

#656C63 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#656C63 falls into the Green Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(101, 108, 99) — 39.6% red, 42.4% green, 38.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 0 / 4 / 58. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #656C63 reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Double Trojan (#656664). Slightly further away sit Chicane (#686765) and Triple Stack (#656660).

In RGB terms — rgb(101, 108, 99) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #656C63: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#656C63 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#656C63 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #656C63

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Chicane color link
Chicane

#686765

Triple Stack color link
Triple Stack

#656660

Granite Gray color link
Granite Gray

#676767

Double Tapa color link
Double Tapa

#6A6A5F

Corduroy color link
Corduroy

#606E68

Dim Gray color link
Dim Gray

#696969

Storm Dust color link
Storm Dust

#646463

Port Phillip color link
Port Phillip

#647464

Traffic color link
Traffic

#6C6D68

Scorpion color link
Scorpion

#6A6466

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#656C63
  • RGB101, 108, 99
  • CMYK3, 0, 4, 58
  • CSSrgb(101, 108, 99)
  • HSL107°, 4%, 41%
  • HSL Precise106.667°, 4.348%, 40.588%
  • HSV107°, 8%, 42%
  • HSB107°, 8%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.388
  • GLSLvec3(0.396, 0.424, 0.388)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.396, 0.424, 0.388, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.396, 0.424, 0.388)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB38.8%
  • Color FamilyGreen
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID656C63
  • DECIMAL ID6646883
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01