#656B70#656B70

#656B70 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.011 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B70
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 112)
HSL	hsl(207, 5%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(207, 10%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, -1.20, -3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 3.78, 251.48°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% -0.0049 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.011 243)
XYZ	xyz(13.5485, 14.4518, 17.4018)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B70 #706A65

analogous

#657070 #656B70 #656670

triadic

#656B70 #70656B #6B7065

tetradic

#656B70 #706570 #706A65 #667065

square

#656B70 #706570 #706A65 #667065

split-complementary

#656B70 #706566 #707065

monochromatic

#2B2E30 #484C50 #656B70 #838A8F #A3A8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#656B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#656B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B70

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B70	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.011 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919599',
    500: '#656b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b70;
$custom-light: #919599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 5.164,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5243,
    "c": 0.01079,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.14452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B70

secondary

#9C9895

accent

#927AAE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B70

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

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