#656B65#656B65

#656B65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.012 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B65
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 101)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(120, 6%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, -3.55, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 4.38, 144.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% -0.0097 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.012 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9731, 14.2216, 14.3710)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B65 #6B656B

analogous

#686B65 #656B65 #656B68

triadic

#656B65 #65656B #6B6565

tetradic

#656B65 #65686B #6B656B #6B6865

square

#656B65 #65686B #6B656B #6B6865

split-complementary

#656B65 #68656B #6B6568

monochromatic

#2A2C2A #474C47 #656B65 #838A83 #A3A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#656B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#656B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B65

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B65	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.012 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909590',
    500: '#656b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b65;
$custom-light: #909590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.885,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52066,
    "c": 0.01183,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B65

secondary

#989498

accent

#7CACAC

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B65

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

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