#656A7E#656A7E

#656A7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.032 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A7E
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(228, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 2.68, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 12.03, 282.85°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.0024 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.032 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2858, 14.5809, 21.7963)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A7E #7E7965

analogous

#65777E #656A7E #6D657E

triadic

#656A7E #7E656A #6A7E65

tetradic

#656A7E #7E6577 #7E7965 #657E6D

square

#656A7E #7E6577 #7E7965 #657E6D

split-complementary

#656A7E #7E6D65 #777E65

monochromatic

#2F313A #4A4D5C #656A7E #84899C #A6A9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#656A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#656A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A7E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A7E	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.032 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9194a3',
    500: '#656a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a7e;
$custom-light: #9194a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 11.013,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52728,
    "c": 0.03201,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A7E

secondary

#A7A498

accent

#A774B4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A7E

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

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