#656D72#656D72

#656D72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.013 H 235.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D72
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 114)
HSL	hsl(203, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 11%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, -1.93, -3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 4.29, 243.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% -0.0072 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.013 235)
XYZ	xyz(13.8720, 14.9187, 18.0651)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D72 #726A65

analogous

#657271 #656D72 #656672

triadic

#656D72 #72656D #6D7265

tetradic

#656D72 #716572 #726A65 #667265

square

#656D72 #716572 #726A65 #667265

split-complementary

#656D72 #726566 #727165

monochromatic

#2C2F31 #484E52 #656D72 #838C91 #A3AAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#656D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#656D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D72

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D72	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.013 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91969a',
    500: '#656d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d72;
$custom-light: #91969a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 6.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52961,
    "c": 0.01256,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.14919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D72

secondary

#9E9895

accent

#8E79AF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D72

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

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