#656E65#656E65

#656E65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.018 H 145.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E65
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 101)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(120, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, -5.30, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 6.55, 143.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% -0.0145 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.018 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2913, 14.8580, 14.4770)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E65 #6E656E

analogous

#6A6E65 #656E65 #656E6A

triadic

#656E65 #65656E #6E6565

tetradic

#656E65 #656A6E #6E656E #6E6A65

square

#656E65 #656A6E #6E656E #6E6A65

split-complementary

#656E65 #6A656E #6E656A

monochromatic

#2A2E2A #484E48 #656E65 #838D83 #A3AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#656E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#656E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E65

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E65	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6B65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.018 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909790',
    500: '#656e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e65;
$custom-light: #909790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5277,
    "c": 0.01767,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E65

secondary

#9A949A

accent

#7AADAD

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E65

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

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