#1656B4#1656B4

#1656B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.162 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1656B4
RGB	rgb(22, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(216, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(216, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.06, 17.09, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.06, 57.80, 287.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.15% -0.031 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(47.15% 0.162 259)
XYZ	xyz(11.8939, 10.1199, 44.4976)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1656B4 #B47416

analogous

#16A5B4 #1656B4 #2516B4

triadic

#1656B4 #B41656 #56B416

tetradic

#1656B4 #B416A5 #B47416 #16B425

square

#1656B4 #B416A5 #B47416 #16B425

split-complementary

#1656B4 #B42516 #A5B416

monochromatic

#092247 #0F3C7D #1656B4 #2371E4 #5A94EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#1656B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#1656B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1656B4

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1656B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1656B4	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1161B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1656b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.162 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7384cb',
    500: '#1656b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1656b4;
$custom-light: #7384cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1656b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.696,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47153,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.10121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1656B4

secondary

#CE9E58

accent

#A633F5

background

#F7F8FC

surface

#EEEFF9

border

#C9CAD2

text

#0A0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1656B4

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

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