#656A63#656A63

#656A63 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.012 H 136.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A63
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 99)
HSL	hsl(103, 3%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(103, 7%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 6.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -3.37, 3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 4.69, 135.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% -0.009 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.012 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7726, 13.9756, 13.8266)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A63 #68636A

analogous

#696A63 #656A63 #636A64

triadic

#656A63 #63656A #6A6365

tetradic

#656A63 #63696A #68636A #6A6463

square

#656A63 #63696A #68636A #6A6463

split-complementary

#656A63 #64636A #6A6369

monochromatic

#292B28 #474A45 #656A63 #838981 #A2A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#656A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#656A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A63

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A63	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.012 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90948f',
    500: '#656a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a63;
$custom-light: #90948f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102.857,
    "s": 3.415,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51771,
    "c": 0.01243,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A63

secondary

#959297

accent

#7BAD9E

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A63

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

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