#656D69#656D69

#656D69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.012 H 164.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D69
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 105)
HSL	hsl(150, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(150, 7%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, -3.89, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 4.07, 163.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% -0.0111 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.012 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3848, 14.7238, 15.4987)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D69 #6D6569

analogous

#656D65 #656D69 #656D6D

triadic

#656D69 #69656D #6D6965

tetradic

#656D69 #65656D #6D6569 #6D6D65

square

#656D69 #65656D #6D6569 #6D6D65

split-complementary

#656D69 #6D656D #6D6565

monochromatic

#2A2D2C #484D4A #656D69 #838C88 #A3AAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#656D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#656D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D69

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D69	1.00	5.32	3.94	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.012 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909693',
    500: '#656d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d69;
$custom-light: #909693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 3.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5266,
    "c": 0.01155,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D69

secondary

#9A9497

accent

#7B94AD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F1

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D69

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

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