#656E70#656E70

#656E70 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.011 H 212.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E70
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 112)
HSL	hsl(191, 5%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 10%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, -2.97, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 3.74, 217.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% -0.0096 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.011 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8667, 15.0882, 17.5078)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E70 #706765

analogous

#65706D #656E70 #656970

triadic

#656E70 #70656E #6E7065

tetradic

#656E70 #6D6570 #706765 #697065

square

#656E70 #6D6570 #706765 #697065

split-complementary

#656E70 #706569 #706D65

monochromatic

#2B2F30 #484E50 #656E70 #838D8F #A3ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#656E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#656E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E70

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E70	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.011 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919799',
    500: '#656e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e70;
$custom-light: #919799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 5.164,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53124,
    "c": 0.01143,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E70

secondary

#9C9695

accent

#837AAE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E70

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

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