#656A9B#656A9B

#656A9B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.077 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A9B
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 155)
HSL	hsl(234, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(234, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 10.32, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 29.10, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.012 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.077 279)
XYZ	xyz(16.4356, 15.4408, 33.1184)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A9B #9B9665

analogous

#65859B #656A9B #7B659B

triadic

#656A9B #9B656A #6A9B65

tetradic

#656A9B #9B6585 #9B9665 #659B7B

square

#656A9B #9B6585 #9B9665 #659B7B

split-complementary

#656A9B #9B7B65 #859B65

monochromatic

#353751 #4D5176 #656A9B #8A8EB3 #AFB2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#656A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#656A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A9B

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A9B	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B709D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56737C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.077 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9294b8',
    500: '#656a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a9b;
$custom-light: #9294b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.444,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54032,
    "c": 0.07672,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.15441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A9B

secondary

#BAB8A2

accent

#B66ABE

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A9B

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

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