#656D5F#656D5F

#656D5F is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.024 H 131.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D5F
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 95)
HSL	hsl(94, 7%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(94, 13%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, -5.90, 6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 9.00, 131.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% -0.0157 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.024 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9007, 14.5301, 12.9492)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D5F #675F6D

analogous

#6C6D5F #656D5F #5F6D60

triadic

#656D5F #5F656D #6D5F65

tetradic

#656D5F #5F6C6D #675F6D #6D605F

square

#656D5F #5F6C6D #675F6D #6D605F

split-complementary

#656D5F #605F6D #6D5F6C

monochromatic

#282C26 #474C42 #656D5F #838D7C #A2AA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#656D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#656D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D5F

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D5F	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.024 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91968c',
    500: '#656d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d5f;
$custom-light: #91968c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.286,
    "s": 6.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52357,
    "c": 0.0236,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D5F

secondary

#958F99

accent

#78B098

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D5F

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

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