#656E79#656E79

#656E79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.020 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E79
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(213, 9%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(213, 17%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, -0.91, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 7.31, 262.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% -0.0058 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.02 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3931, 15.2988, 20.2801)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E79 #797065

analogous

#657879 #656E79 #666579

triadic

#656E79 #79656E #6E7965

tetradic

#656E79 #796578 #797065 #657966

square

#656E79 #796578 #797065 #657966

split-complementary

#656E79 #796665 #787965

monochromatic

#2D3136 #495058 #656E79 #838D98 #A5ABB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#656E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#656E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E79

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E79	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.020 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91979f',
    500: '#656e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e79;
$custom-light: #91979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 9.009,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53443,
    "c": 0.02045,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E79

secondary

#A39E97

accent

#9776B2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E79

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

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