#656A9D#656A9D

#656A9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.080 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A9D
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 157)
HSL	hsl(235, 22%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(235, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 10.88, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 30.27, 291.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.0126 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.08 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6049, 15.5085, 34.0103)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A9D #9D9865

analogous

#65869D #656A9D #7C659D

triadic

#656A9D #9D656A #6A9D65

tetradic

#656A9D #9D6586 #9D9865 #659D7C

square

#656A9D #9D6586 #9D9865 #659D7C

split-complementary

#656A9D #9D7C65 #869D65

monochromatic

#353753 #4D5078 #656A9D #8A8EB5 #B0B2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#656A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#656A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A9D

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A9D	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A709F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56747C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.080 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394ba',
    500: '#656a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a9d;
$custom-light: #9394ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.643,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54132,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A9D

secondary

#BBB9A2

accent

#B769BF

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A9D

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

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