#656E7A#656E7A

#656E7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.022 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E7A
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(214, 9%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(214, 17%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, -0.67, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 7.83, 265.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% -0.0054 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.022 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4548, 15.3234, 20.6047)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E7A #7A7165

analogous

#65787A #656E7A #66657A

triadic

#656E7A #7A656E #6E7A65

tetradic

#656E7A #7A6578 #7A7165 #657A66

square

#656E7A #7A6578 #7A7165 #657A66

split-complementary

#656E7A #7A6665 #787A65

monochromatic

#2E3237 #495059 #656E7A #838D99 #A5ACB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#656E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#656E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E7A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E7A	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)

#6A6E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.022 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197a0',
    500: '#656e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e7a;
$custom-light: #9197a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 9.417,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53481,
    "c": 0.02179,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E7A

secondary

#A49E97

accent

#9875B2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E7A

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

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