#656C71#656C71

#656C71 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.012 H 238.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656C71
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 113)
HSL	hsl(205, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(205, 11%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, -1.57, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 4.02, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% -0.0061 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.012 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7094, 14.6839, 17.7316)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656C71 #716A65

analogous

#657170 #656C71 #656671

triadic

#656C71 #71656C #6C7165

tetradic

#656C71 #706571 #716A65 #667165

square

#656C71 #706571 #716A65 #667165

split-complementary

#656C71 #716566 #717065

monochromatic

#2B2E30 #484D51 #656C71 #838B90 #A3A9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#656C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#656C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656C71

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656C71	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6C71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.012 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919699',
    500: '#656c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656c71;
$custom-light: #919699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 5.607,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52695,
    "c": 0.01165,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656C71

secondary

#9D9895

accent

#8F79AF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656C71

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

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