#656A70#656A70

#656A70 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.011 H 252.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A70
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 112)
HSL	hsl(213, 5%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(213, 10%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, -0.61, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 4.06, 261.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% -0.0033 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.011 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4449, 14.2445, 17.3672)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A70 #706B65

analogous

#657070 #656A70 #666570

triadic

#656A70 #70656A #6A7065

tetradic

#656A70 #706570 #706B65 #657066

square

#656A70 #706570 #706B65 #657066

split-complementary

#656A70 #706665 #707065

monochromatic

#2B2D30 #484C50 #656A70 #83898F #A3A7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#656A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#656A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A70

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A70	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.011 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919499',
    500: '#656a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a70;
$custom-light: #919499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 5.164,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.522,
    "c": 0.01127,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A70

secondary

#9C9995

accent

#967AAE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A70

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

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