#656A9E#656A9E

#656A9E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.081 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A9E
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 158)
HSL	hsl(235, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(235, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 11.16, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 30.86, 291.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.0129 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.081 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6907, 15.5428, 34.4618)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A9E #9E9965

analogous

#65869E #656A9E #7C659E

triadic

#656A9E #9E656A #6A9E65

tetradic

#656A9E #9E6586 #9E9965 #659E7C

square

#656A9E #9E6586 #9E9965 #659E7C

split-complementary

#656A9E #9E7C65 #869E65

monochromatic

#353854 #4C5079 #656A9E #8B8EB6 #B0B3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#656A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#656A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A9E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A9E	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A70A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55747D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.081 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394bb',
    500: '#656a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a9e;
$custom-light: #9394bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.737,
    "s": 22.709,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54182,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A9E

secondary

#BCBAA3

accent

#B869BF

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A9E

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

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