#656D6A#656D6A

#656D6A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.011 H 171.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D6A
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 106)
HSL	hsl(158, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(158, 7%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.28, -3.68, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.28, 3.73, 170.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% -0.0107 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.011 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4365, 14.7444, 15.7709)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D6A #6D6568

analogous

#656D66 #656D6A #656C6D

triadic

#656D6A #6A656D #6D6A65

tetradic

#656D6A #66656D #6D6568 #6C6D65

square

#656D6A #66656D #6D6568 #6C6D65

split-complementary

#656D6A #6D656C #6D6665

monochromatic

#2A2D2C #484D4B #656D6A #838C89 #A3AAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#656D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#656D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D6A

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D6A	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.011 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909694',
    500: '#656d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d6a;
$custom-light: #909694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 3.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52692,
    "c": 0.01081,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D6A

secondary

#9A9496

accent

#7B8EAD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F1

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D6A

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

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