Information about #665B6E color

#665B6E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#665B6E falls into the Violet Color Family — Desaturated, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(102, 91, 110) — 40% red, 35.7% green, 43.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 7 / 0 / 57. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #665B6E reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Smoky (#605D6B). Slightly further away sit Bloom (#6F5B6C) and Mobster (#605A67).

In RGB terms — rgb(102, 91, 110) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #665B6E: 6.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#665B6E color variations

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#665B6E 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 #665B6E

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

Smoky color link
Smoky

#605D6B

Bloom color link
Bloom

#6F5B6C

Mobster color link
Mobster

#605A67

Covert color link
Covert

#645977

Salt Box color link
Salt Box

#696268

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Fedora color link
Fedora

#625665

Matakana color link
Matakana

#685D63

Centaurian color link
Centaurian

#6E5977

Shuttle Grey color link
Shuttle Grey

#61666B

Scorpion color link
Scorpion

#6A6466

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#665B6E
  • RGB102, 91, 110
  • CMYK3, 7, 0, 57
  • CSSrgb(102, 91, 110)
  • HSL275°, 9%, 39%
  • HSL Precise274.737°, 9.453%, 39.412%
  • HSV275°, 17%, 43%
  • HSB275°, 17%, 43%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • GLSLvec3(0.400, 0.357, 0.431)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.400, 0.357, 0.431, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.400, 0.357, 0.431)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.1%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID665B6E
  • DECIMAL ID6708078
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01