#656B69#656B69

#656B69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.008 H 174.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B69
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 105)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(160, 6%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, -2.72, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 2.74, 173.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% -0.0079 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.008 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1738, 14.3019, 15.4284)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B69 #6B6567

analogous

#656B66 #656B69 #656A6B

triadic

#656B69 #69656B #6B6965

tetradic

#656B69 #66656B #6B6567 #6A6B65

square

#656B69 #66656B #6B6567 #6A6B65

split-complementary

#656B69 #6B656A #6B6665

monochromatic

#2A2C2B #474C4A #656B69 #838A88 #A3A8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#656B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#656B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B69

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B69	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)

#6B6A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.008 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909593',
    500: '#656b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b69;
$custom-light: #909593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 2.885,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52194,
    "c": 0.00799,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B69

secondary

#989495

accent

#7C8CAC

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B69

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

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