#656D79#656D79

#656D79 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.021 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D79
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(216, 9%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(216, 17%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, -0.32, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 7.69, 267.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% -0.0043 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.021 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2858, 15.0842, 20.2443)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D79 #797165

analogous

#657779 #656D79 #676579

triadic

#656D79 #79656D #6D7965

tetradic

#656D79 #796577 #797165 #657967

square

#656D79 #796577 #797165 #657967

split-complementary

#656D79 #796765 #777965

monochromatic

#2D3136 #494F58 #656D79 #838C98 #A5ABB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#656D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#656D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D79

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D79	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#606F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.021 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91969f',
    500: '#656d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d79;
$custom-light: #91969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 9.009,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53214,
    "c": 0.02123,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D79

secondary

#A39E97

accent

#9A76B2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D79

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

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