#656D5E#656D5E

#656D5E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.025 H 130.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D5E
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 94)
HSL	hsl(92, 7%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(92, 14%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, -6.10, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 9.55, 129.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% -0.0161 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.025 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8555, 14.5121, 12.7113)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D5E #665E6D

analogous

#6D6D5E #656D5E #5E6D5F

triadic

#656D5E #5E656D #6D5E65

tetradic

#656D5E #5E6D6D #665E6D #6D5F5E

square

#656D5E #5E6D6D #665E6D #6D5F5E

split-complementary

#656D5E #5F5E6D #6D5E6D

monochromatic

#282B25 #474C42 #656D5E #838D7B #A2AA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#656D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#656D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D5E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D5E	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.025 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91968b',
    500: '#656d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d5e;
$custom-light: #91968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92,
    "s": 7.389,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52329,
    "c": 0.02498,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D5E

secondary

#948E99

accent

#77B096

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D5E

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

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