#656A6D#656A6D

#656A6D is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.008 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A6D
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 109)
HSL	hsl(203, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(203, 7%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 2.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, -1.27, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 2.66, 241.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% -0.0046 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.008 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2806, 14.1788, 16.5021)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A6D #6D6865

analogous

#656D6C #656A6D #65666D

triadic

#656A6D #6D656A #6A6D65

tetradic

#656A6D #6C656D #6D6865 #666D65

square

#656A6D #6C656D #6D6865 #666D65

split-complementary

#656A6D #6D6566 #6D6C65

monochromatic

#2A2C2D #484B4D #656A6D #83898C #A3A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#656A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#656A6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A6D

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A6D	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67696D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.008 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909496',
    500: '#656a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a6d;
$custom-light: #909496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 3.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52096,
    "c": 0.00778,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A6D

secondary

#9A9694

accent

#8E7BAD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A6D

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

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