#656A6A#656A6A

#656A6A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.006 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A6A
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 106)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, -1.92, -0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 2.03, 199.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52% -0.0059 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.006 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1219, 14.1153, 15.6661)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A6A #6A6565

analogous

#656A67 #656A6A #65676A

triadic

#656A6A #6A656A #6A6A65

tetradic

#656A6A #67656A #6A6565 #676A65

square

#656A6A #67656A #6A6565 #676A65

split-complementary

#656A6A #6A6567 #6A6765

monochromatic

#292B2B #474B4B #656A6A #838989 #A3A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#656A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#656A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A6A

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A6A	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69696A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.006 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909494',
    500: '#656a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a6a;
$custom-light: #909494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.415,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51995,
    "c": 0.00618,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A6A

secondary

#979494

accent

#7C7CAC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A6A

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

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