#656E66#656E66

#656E66 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.016 H 148.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E66
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(127, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(127, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, -5.09, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 6.07, 147.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% -0.0141 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.016 148.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.3406, 14.8777, 14.7367)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E66 #6E656D

analogous

#696E65 #656E66 #656E6B

triadic

#656E66 #66656E #6E6665

tetradic

#656E66 #65696E #6E656D #6E6B65

square

#656E66 #65696E #6E656D #6E6B65

split-complementary

#656E66 #6B656E #6E6569

monochromatic

#2A2E2B #484E48 #656E66 #838D84 #A3AAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#656E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#656E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E66

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E66	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6C66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6B66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.016 148.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909791',
    500: '#656e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e66;
$custom-light: #909791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.667,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.528,
    "c": 0.01648,
    "h": 148.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E66

secondary

#9A949A

accent

#7AA8AD

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E66

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

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