#6B656E#6B656E

#6B656E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.016 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B656E
RGB	rgb(107, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(280, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 4.21, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 5.95, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.0111 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.016 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5311, 13.5590, 16.6531)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B656E #686E65

analogous

#67656E #6B656E #6E656D

triadic

#6B656E #6E6B65 #656E6B

tetradic

#6B656E #6E6765 #686E65 #656D6E

square

#6B656E #6E6765 #686E65 #656D6E

split-complementary

#6B656E #6D6E65 #656E67

monochromatic

#2D2A2E #4C484E #6B656E #8A838D #A8A3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#6B656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#6B656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B656E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B656E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64676E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65676E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.016 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959097',
    500: '#6b656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b656e;
$custom-light: #959097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51532,
    "c": 0.01577,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B656E

secondary

#969A94

accent

#AD7A8B

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0C0D

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B656E

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

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