#656D6F#656D6F

#656D6F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.010 H 214.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D6F
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 111)
HSL	hsl(192, 5%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 9%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.43, -2.60, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.43, 3.38, 219.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% -0.0085 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.01 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7041, 14.8515, 17.1805)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D6F #6F6765

analogous

#656F6C #656D6F #65686F

triadic

#656D6F #6F656D #6D6F65

tetradic

#656D6F #6C656F #6F6765 #686F65

square

#656D6F #6C656F #6F6765 #686F65

split-complementary

#656D6F #6F6568 #6F6C65

monochromatic

#2B2E2F #484E4F #656D6F #838C8E #A3AAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#656D6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#656D6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D6F

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D6F	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.010 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919698',
    500: '#656d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d6f;
$custom-light: #919698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 4.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52858,
    "c": 0.01029,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D6F

secondary

#9B9694

accent

#847AAE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D6F

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

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