#656D73#656D73

#656D73 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.014 H 240.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D73
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 115)
HSL	hsl(206, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(206, 12%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, -1.71, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 4.70, 248.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53% -0.0068 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.014 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9293, 14.9416, 18.3665)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D73 #736B65

analogous

#657372 #656D73 #656673

triadic

#656D73 #73656D #6D7365

tetradic

#656D73 #726573 #736B65 #667365

square

#656D73 #726573 #736B65 #667365

split-complementary

#656D73 #736566 #737265

monochromatic

#2C2F32 #484E52 #656D73 #838C92 #A4AAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#656D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#656D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D73

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D73	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.014 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91969b',
    500: '#656d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d73;
$custom-light: #91969b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 6.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52996,
    "c": 0.01359,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D73

secondary

#9E9995

accent

#9078B0

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D73

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

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