#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
RGBrgb(22, 86, 180)
HSLhsl(216, 78%, 40%)
HSVhsv(216, 88%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(87.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(38.06, 17.09, -55.22)
CIE-LCHlch(38.06, 57.80, 287.20°)
OKLaboklab(47.15% -0.031 -0.1593)
OKLCHoklch(47.15% 0.162 259)
XYZxyz(11.8939, 10.1199, 44.4976)
Luminance0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##1656B41.006.943.026.94
#FFFFFF6.941.0021.001.00
#0000003.0221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.941.0021.001.00

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

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#1656B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva