#656A69#656A69

#656A69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.006 H 182.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A69
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 105)
HSL	hsl(168, 2%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(168, 5%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, -2.13, -0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 2.13, 182.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% -0.0063 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.006 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0702, 14.0946, 15.3938)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A69 #6A6566

analogous

#656A66 #656A69 #65686A

triadic

#656A69 #69656A #6A6965

tetradic

#656A69 #66656A #6A6566 #686A65

square

#656A69 #66656A #6A6566 #686A65

split-complementary

#656A69 #6A6568 #6A6665

monochromatic

#292B2B #474B4A #656A69 #838988 #A3A7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#656A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#656A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A69

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A69	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.006 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909493',
    500: '#656a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a69;
$custom-light: #909493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 2.415,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51962,
    "c": 0.00636,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A69

secondary

#979494

accent

#7C86AC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A69

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

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