#656D65#656D65

#656D65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.016 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D65
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 101)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(120, 7%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 7.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, -4.72, 3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 5.83, 144.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% -0.0129 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.016 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.1840, 14.6435, 14.4413)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D65 #6D656D

analogous

#696D65 #656D65 #656D69

triadic

#656D65 #65656D #6D6565

tetradic

#656D65 #65696D #6D656D #6D6965

square

#656D65 #65696D #6D656D #6D6965

split-complementary

#656D65 #69656D #6D6569

monochromatic

#2A2D2A #484D48 #656D65 #838C83 #A3AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#656D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#656D65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D65

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D65	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6A65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.016 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909690',
    500: '#656d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d65;
$custom-light: #909690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52535,
    "c": 0.01573,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D65

secondary

#9A949A

accent

#7BADAD

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D65

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

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