#656A66#656A66

#656A66 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.009 H 151.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A66
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 102)
HSL	hsl(132, 2%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(132, 5%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, -2.76, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 3.18, 150.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% -0.0077 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.009 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9187, 14.0340, 14.5960)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A66 #6A6569

analogous

#666A65 #656A66 #656A68

triadic

#656A66 #66656A #6A6665

tetradic

#656A66 #65666A #6A6569 #6A6865

square

#656A66 #65666A #6A6569 #6A6865

split-complementary

#656A66 #68656A #6A6566

monochromatic

#292B2A #474B48 #656A66 #838984 #A3A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#656A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#656A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A66

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A66	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.009 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909491',
    500: '#656a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a66;
$custom-light: #909491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 2.415,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51865,
    "c": 0.00872,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A66

secondary

#979496

accent

#7CA2AC

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A66

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

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