#656A65#656A65

#656A65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.010 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A65
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 101)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 4.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, -2.96, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 3.65, 144.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% -0.0081 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.01 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8694, 14.0143, 14.3364)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A65 #6A656A

analogous

#676A65 #656A65 #656A67

triadic

#656A65 #65656A #6A6565

tetradic

#656A65 #65676A #6A656A #6A6765

square

#656A65 #65676A #6A656A #6A6765

split-complementary

#656A65 #67656A #6A6567

monochromatic

#292B29 #474B47 #656A65 #838983 #A3A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#656A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#656A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A65

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A65	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.010 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909490',
    500: '#656a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a65;
$custom-light: #909490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.415,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51833,
    "c": 0.00987,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A65

secondary

#979497

accent

#7CACAC

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A65

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

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