#656A72#656A72

#656A72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.014 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A72
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(217, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(217, 11%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, -0.16, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 5.13, 268.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% -0.0025 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.014 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5575, 14.2895, 17.9602)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A72 #726D65

analogous

#657172 #656A72 #666572

triadic

#656A72 #72656A #6A7265

tetradic

#656A72 #726571 #726D65 #657266

square

#656A72 #726571 #726D65 #657266

split-complementary

#656A72 #726665 #717265

monochromatic

#2C2E31 #484C52 #656A72 #838891 #A3A7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#656A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#656A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A72

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A72	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.014 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91949a',
    500: '#656a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a72;
$custom-light: #91949a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 6.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52271,
    "c": 0.014,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A72

secondary

#9E9A95

accent

#9A79AF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A72

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

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