#656259#656259

#656259 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.014 H 91.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656259
RGB	rgb(101, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 6%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(45, 12%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 11.9%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, -0.57, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 5.58, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% -0.0004 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.014 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5375, 12.2235, 11.2008)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656259 #595C65

analogous

#655C59 #656259 #626559

triadic

#656259 #596562 #625965

tetradic

#656259 #59655C #595C65 #655962

square

#656259 #59655C #595C65 #655962

split-complementary

#656259 #596265 #5C5965

monochromatic

#242320 #44423C #656259 #868276 #A29F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#656259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#656259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656259

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656259	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.014 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#918e87',
    500: '#656259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656259;
$custom-light: #918e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 6.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49609,
    "c": 0.01448,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656259

secondary

#888A92

accent

#86AF78

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0C0B

muted

#7D7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656259

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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