#656D70#656D70

#656D70 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.011 H 222.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D70
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 112)
HSL	hsl(196, 5%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 10%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.46, -2.38, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.46, 3.61, 228.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% -0.0081 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.011 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7595, 14.8736, 17.4721)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D70 #706865

analogous

#65706E #656D70 #656870

triadic

#656D70 #70656D #6D7065

tetradic

#656D70 #6E6570 #706865 #687065

square

#656D70 #6E6570 #706865 #687065

split-complementary

#656D70 #706568 #706E65

monochromatic

#2B2E30 #484E50 #656D70 #838C8F #A3AAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#656D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#656D70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D70

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D70	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.011 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919699',
    500: '#656d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d70;
$custom-light: #919699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 5.164,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52892,
    "c": 0.01087,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D70

secondary

#9C9795

accent

#887AAE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D70

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

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