#656E69#656E69

#656E69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.013 H 161.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E69
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 105)
HSL	hsl(147, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(147, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 4.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, -4.47, 1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 4.76, 160.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% -0.0127 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.013 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4920, 14.9383, 15.5344)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E69 #6E656A

analogous

#666E65 #656E69 #656E6E

triadic

#656E69 #69656E #6E6965

tetradic

#656E69 #65666E #6E656A #6E6E65

square

#656E69 #65666E #6E656A #6E6E65

split-complementary

#656E69 #6E656E #6E6566

monochromatic

#2A2E2C #484E4B #656E69 #838D88 #A3AAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#656E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#656E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E69

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E69	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)

#6E6D69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.013 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909793',
    500: '#656e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e69;
$custom-light: #909793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.667,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52894,
    "c": 0.0134,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E69

secondary

#9A9498

accent

#7A97AD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F1

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E69

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

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