#656E72#656E72

#656E72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.013 H 226.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E72
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(198, 6%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 11%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, -2.52, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 4.23, 233.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% -0.0088 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.013 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9793, 15.1332, 18.1008)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E72 #726965

analogous

#657270 #656E72 #656772

triadic

#656E72 #72656E #6E7265

tetradic

#656E72 #706572 #726965 #677265

square

#656E72 #706572 #726965 #677265

split-complementary

#656E72 #726567 #727065

monochromatic

#2C2F31 #484F52 #656E72 #838D91 #A3ABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#656E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#656E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E72

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E72	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#626F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.013 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91979a',
    500: '#656e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e72;
$custom-light: #91979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 6.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53192,
    "c": 0.01265,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E72

secondary

#9E9895

accent

#8979AF

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E72

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

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