#656357#656357

#656357 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.019 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656357
RGB	rgb(101, 99, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 7%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 13.9%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, -1.54, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 7.27, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% -0.003 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.019 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5488, 12.3786, 10.7959)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656357 #575965

analogous

#655C57 #656357 #606557

triadic

#656357 #576563 #635765

tetradic

#656357 #57655C #575965 #655760

square

#656357 #57655C #575965 #655760

split-complementary

#656357 #576065 #5C5765

monochromatic

#23231E #44433B #656357 #868373 #A3A194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#656357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#656357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656357

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656357	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 99, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.019 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#918f86',
    500: '#656357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656357;
$custom-light: #918f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49783,
    "c": 0.01869,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656357

secondary

#868892

accent

#7FB077

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0C0B

muted

#7D7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656357

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

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