#656E7E#656E7E

#656E7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.027 H 262.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E7E
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(218, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(218, 20%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 0.29, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 9.99, 271.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% -0.0038 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.027 262)
XYZ	xyz(14.7077, 15.4246, 21.9370)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E7E #7E7565

analogous

#657B7E #656E7E #69657E

triadic

#656E7E #7E656E #6E7E65

tetradic

#656E7E #7E657B #7E7565 #657E69

square

#656E7E #7E657B #7E7565 #657E69

split-complementary

#656E7E #7E6965 #7B7E65

monochromatic

#2F333A #4A505C #656E7E #848D9C #A6ACB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#656E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#656E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E7E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E7E	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F7173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.027 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9197a3',
    500: '#656e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e7e;
$custom-light: #9197a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 11.013,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53633,
    "c": 0.0274,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.15425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E7E

secondary

#A7A198

accent

#9D74B4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E7E

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

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