#656A78#656A78

#656A78 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.023 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A78
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 120)
HSL	hsl(224, 9%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(224, 16%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 1.23, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 8.53, 278.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.023 270)
XYZ	xyz(13.9102, 14.4306, 19.8182)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A78 #787365

analogous

#657378 #656A78 #696578

triadic

#656A78 #78656A #6A7865

tetradic

#656A78 #786573 #787365 #657869

square

#656A78 #786573 #787365 #657869

split-complementary

#656A78 #786965 #737865

monochromatic

#2D2F36 #494D57 #656A78 #838897 #A5A8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#656A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#656A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A78

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A78	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#616D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.023 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91949f',
    500: '#656a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a78;
$custom-light: #91949f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 8.597,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52493,
    "c": 0.02283,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.14431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A78

secondary

#A29F96

accent

#A276B2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A78

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

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