#656B72#656B72

#656B72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.013 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B72
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 114)
HSL	hsl(212, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(212, 11%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, -0.75, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 4.75, 260.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% -0.004 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.013 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6611, 14.4968, 17.9948)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B72 #726C65

analogous

#657272 #656B72 #656572

triadic

#656B72 #72656B #6B7265

tetradic

#656B72 #726572 #726C65 #657265

square

#656B72 #726572 #726C65 #657265

split-complementary

#656B72 #726565 #727265

monochromatic

#2C2E31 #484D52 #656B72 #838A91 #A3A8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#656B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#656B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B72

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B72	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.013 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91959a',
    500: '#656b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b72;
$custom-light: #91959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 6.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.525,
    "c": 0.01324,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B72

secondary

#9E9A95

accent

#9679AF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B72

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

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