#656B74#656B74

#656B74 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.016 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B74
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 116)
HSL	hsl(216, 7%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(216, 13%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, -0.29, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 5.81, 267.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% -0.0032 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.016 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7762, 14.5429, 18.6009)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B74 #746E65

analogous

#657274 #656B74 #676574

triadic

#656B74 #74656B #6B7465

tetradic

#656B74 #746572 #746E65 #657467

square

#656B74 #746572 #746E65 #657467

split-complementary

#656B74 #746765 #727465

monochromatic

#2C2F33 #494D53 #656B74 #838993 #A4A9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#656B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#656B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B74

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B74	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.016 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91959c',
    500: '#656b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b74;
$custom-light: #91959c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 6.912,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52572,
    "c": 0.01595,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B74

secondary

#9F9B96

accent

#9A78B0

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B74

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

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