#656E6D#656E6D

#656E6D is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.011 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E6D
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 109)
HSL	hsl(173, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, -3.62, -0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 3.67, 189.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% -0.0109 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.011 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7025, 15.0225, 16.6428)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E6D #6E6566

analogous

#656E69 #656E6D #656B6E

triadic

#656E6D #6D656E #6E6D65

tetradic

#656E6D #69656E #6E6566 #6B6E65

square

#656E6D #69656E #6E6566 #6B6E65

split-complementary

#656E6D #6E656B #6E6965

monochromatic

#2A2E2E #484E4D #656E6D #838D8C #A3AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#656E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#656E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E6D

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E6D	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.011 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919796',
    500: '#656e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e6d;
$custom-light: #919796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53023,
    "c": 0.01107,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E6D

secondary

#9A9495

accent

#7A80AD

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E6D

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

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