#656A73#656A73

#656A73 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.015 H 262.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A73
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 115)
HSL	hsl(219, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(219, 12%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 0.07, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 5.68, 270.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% -0.0021 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.015 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6147, 14.3124, 18.2616)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A73 #736E65

analogous

#657173 #656A73 #676573

triadic

#656A73 #73656A #6A7365

tetradic

#656A73 #736571 #736E65 #657367

square

#656A73 #736571 #736E65 #657367

split-complementary

#656A73 #736765 #717365

monochromatic

#2C2E32 #484C52 #656A73 #838892 #A4A8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#656A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#656A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A73

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A73	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)

#676A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.015 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91949b',
    500: '#656a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a73;
$custom-light: #91949b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 6.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52307,
    "c": 0.01542,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A73

secondary

#9E9B95

accent

#9C78B0

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A73

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

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