#656E71#656E71

#656E71 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.012 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E71
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 113)
HSL	hsl(195, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 11%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, -2.74, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 3.95, 225.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.16% -0.0092 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(53.16% 0.012 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9227, 15.1106, 17.8027)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E71 #716865

analogous

#65716E #656E71 #656871

triadic

#656E71 #71656E #6E7165

tetradic

#656E71 #6E6571 #716865 #687165

square

#656E71 #6E6571 #716865 #687165

split-complementary

#656E71 #716568 #716E65

monochromatic

#2B2F30 #484F51 #656E71 #838D90 #A3ABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#656E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#656E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E71

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E71	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.012 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919799',
    500: '#656e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e71;
$custom-light: #919799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 5.607,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53158,
    "c": 0.01195,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E71

secondary

#9D9795

accent

#8679AF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E71

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

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