#656A6B#656A6B

#656A6B is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.006 H 211.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A6B
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 107)
HSL	hsl(190, 3%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 6%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, -1.70, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 2.10, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% -0.0055 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.006 211)
XYZ	xyz(13.1742, 14.1362, 15.9416)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A6B #6B6665

analogous

#656B69 #656A6B #65676B

triadic

#656A6B #6B656A #6A6B65

tetradic

#656A6B #69656B #6B6665 #676B65

square

#656A6B #69656B #6B6665 #676B65

split-complementary

#656A6B #6B6567 #6B6965

monochromatic

#2A2C2C #474B4C #656A6B #83898A #A3A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#656A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#656A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A6B

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A6B	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.006 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909495',
    500: '#656a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a6b;
$custom-light: #909495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 2.885,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52028,
    "c": 0.00638,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.14136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A6B

secondary

#989494

accent

#847CAC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A6B

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

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