#656E6F#656E6F

#656E6F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.011 H 204.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E6F
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 111)
HSL	hsl(186, 5%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 9%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, -3.19, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 3.63, 208.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% -0.0101 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.011 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8114, 15.0661, 17.2162)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E6F #6F6665

analogous

#656F6B #656E6F #65696F

triadic

#656E6F #6F656E #6E6F65

tetradic

#656E6F #6B656F #6F6665 #696F65

square

#656E6F #6B656F #6F6665 #696F65

split-complementary

#656E6F #6F6569 #6F6B65

monochromatic

#2B2E2F #484E4F #656E6F #838D8E #A3ABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#656E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#656E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E6F

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E6F	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.011 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919798',
    500: '#656e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e6f;
$custom-light: #919798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 4.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5309,
    "c": 0.01109,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E6F

secondary

#9B9594

accent

#7F7AAE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E6F

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

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