#656A6E#656A6E

#656A6E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.009 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A6E
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 110)
HSL	hsl(207, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(207, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, -1.05, -2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 3.08, 250.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% -0.0042 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.009 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3348, 14.2004, 16.7873)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A6E #6E6965

analogous

#656E6E #656A6E #65666E

triadic

#656A6E #6E656A #6A6E65

tetradic

#656A6E #6E656E #6E6965 #666E65

square

#656A6E #6E656E #6E6965 #666E65

split-complementary

#656A6E #6E6566 #6E6E65

monochromatic

#2A2D2E #484B4E #656A6E #83898D #A3A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#656A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#656A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A6E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A6E	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)

#686A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67696E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.009 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909497',
    500: '#656a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a6e;
$custom-light: #909497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5213,
    "c": 0.00882,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A6E

secondary

#9A9794

accent

#917AAD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A6E

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

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