#656A61#656A61

#656A61 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.015 H 130.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A61
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 97)
HSL	hsl(93, 4%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(93, 8%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, -3.77, 4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 5.78, 130.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% -0.0099 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.015 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6782, 13.9378, 13.3293)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A61 #66616A

analogous

#696A61 #656A61 #616A62

triadic

#656A61 #61656A #6A6165

tetradic

#656A61 #61696A #66616A #6A6261

square

#656A61 #61696A #66616A #6A6261

split-complementary

#656A61 #62616A #6A6169

monochromatic

#282A27 #474A44 #656A61 #838A7F #A2A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#656A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#656A61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A61

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A61	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.015 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90948d',
    500: '#656a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a61;
$custom-light: #90948d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.333,
    "s": 4.433,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5171,
    "c": 0.01517,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A61

secondary

#949097

accent

#7AAE97

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A61

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

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