#656A68#656A68

#656A68 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.007 H 170.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A68
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 104)
HSL	hsl(156, 2%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(156, 5%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, -2.34, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 2.38, 169.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% -0.0068 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.007 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0191, 14.0742, 15.1247)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A68 #6A6567

analogous

#656A65 #656A68 #65696A

triadic

#656A68 #68656A #6A6865

tetradic

#656A68 #65656A #6A6567 #696A65

square

#656A68 #65656A #6A6567 #696A65

split-complementary

#656A68 #6A6569 #6A6565

monochromatic

#292B2B #474B49 #656A68 #838987 #A3A7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#656A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#656A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A68

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A68	1.00	5.50	3.81	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.007 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909493',
    500: '#656a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a68;
$custom-light: #909493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 2.415,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51929,
    "c": 0.00689,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A68

secondary

#979495

accent

#7C8FAC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A68

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

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