#656A80#656A80

#656A80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.035 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A80
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 128)
HSL	hsl(229, 12%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(229, 21%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 3.17, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 13.21, 283.89°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.0031 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.035 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4162, 14.6330, 22.4828)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A80 #807B65

analogous

#657780 #656A80 #6E6580

triadic

#656A80 #80656A #6A8065

tetradic

#656A80 #806577 #807B65 #65806E

square

#656A80 #806577 #807B65 #65806E

split-complementary

#656A80 #806E65 #778065

monochromatic

#2F313C #4A4E5E #656A80 #84899E #A6AAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#656A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#656A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A80

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A80	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.035 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9194a4',
    500: '#656a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a80;
$custom-light: #9194a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.889,
    "s": 11.79,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52808,
    "c": 0.03509,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A80

secondary

#A8A599

accent

#A973B5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A80

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

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