#656D74#656D74

#656D74 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.015 H 244.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D74
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 116)
HSL	hsl(208, 7%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(208, 13%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, -1.48, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 5.15, 253.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% -0.0063 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.015 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9871, 14.9647, 18.6712)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D74 #746C65

analogous

#657473 #656D74 #656674

triadic

#656D74 #74656D #6D7465

tetradic

#656D74 #736574 #746C65 #667465

square

#656D74 #736574 #746C65 #667465

split-complementary

#656D74 #746566 #747365

monochromatic

#2C3033 #494E53 #656D74 #838C93 #A4AAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#656D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#656D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D74

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D74	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#616F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.015 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91969c',
    500: '#656d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d74;
$custom-light: #91969c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 6.912,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53032,
    "c": 0.01472,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D74

secondary

#9F9A96

accent

#9278B0

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D74

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

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