#656B5D#656B5D

#656B5D is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.023 H 126.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B5D
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 93)
HSL	hsl(86, 7%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(86, 13%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 13.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, -5.13, 7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 8.73, 125.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% -0.0134 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.023 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6000, 14.0724, 12.4062)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B5D #635D6B

analogous

#6B6A5D #656B5D #5E6B5D

triadic

#656B5D #5D656B #6B5D65

tetradic

#656B5D #5D6B6A #635D6B #6B5D5E

square

#656B5D #5D6B6A #635D6B #6B5D5E

split-complementary

#656B5D #5D5E6B #6A5D6B

monochromatic

#272A24 #464A41 #656B5D #848B7A #A2A89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#656B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#656B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B5D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B5D	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D695C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.023 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91958a',
    500: '#656b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b5d;
$custom-light: #91958a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 7,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51828,
    "c": 0.02271,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B5D

secondary

#918D97

accent

#78B090

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B5D

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

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