#656A8D#656A8D

#656A8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.055 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A8D
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(233, 17%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(233, 28%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 6.50, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 20.86, 288.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.0077 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.055 278)
XYZ	xyz(15.3273, 14.9975, 27.2814)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A8D #8D8865

analogous

#657E8D #656A8D #74658D

triadic

#656A8D #8D656A #6A8D65

tetradic

#656A8D #8D657E #8D8865 #658D74

square

#656A8D #8D657E #8D8865 #658D74

split-complementary

#656A8D #8D7465 #7E8D65

monochromatic

#323446 #4B4F69 #656A8D #878BA9 #AAADC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#656A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#656A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A8D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A8D	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B7076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.055 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294ae',
    500: '#656a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a8d;
$custom-light: #9294ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 16.529,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53367,
    "c": 0.05521,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.14998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A8D

secondary

#B1AF9D

accent

#B06FB9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A8D

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

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