#656457#656457

#656457 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.020 H 103.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656457
RGB	rgb(101, 100, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 7%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 13.9%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, -2.13, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 7.82, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0047 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.02 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6441, 12.5693, 10.8277)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656457 #575865

analogous

#655D57 #656457 #5F6557

triadic

#656457 #576564 #645765

tetradic

#656457 #57655D #575865 #65575F

square

#656457 #57655D #575865 #65575F

split-complementary

#656457 #575F65 #5D5765

monochromatic

#23231E #44433B #656457 #868573 #A3A294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#656457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#656457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656457

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656457	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 100, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.020 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919086',
    500: '#656457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656457;
$custom-light: #919086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50016,
    "c": 0.02006,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656457

secondary

#868792

accent

#7BB077

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0C0B

muted

#7D7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656457

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

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