#656AA3#656AA3

#656AA3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.089 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AA3
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 163)
HSL	hsl(235, 25%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(235, 38%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 35%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 12.59, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 33.78, 291.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.0142 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.089 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1298, 15.7185, 36.7746)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AA3 #A39E65

analogous

#6589A3 #656AA3 #7F65A3

triadic

#656AA3 #A3656A #6AA365

tetradic

#656AA3 #A36589 #A39E65 #65A37F

square

#656AA3 #A36589 #A39E65 #65A37F

split-complementary

#656AA3 #A37F65 #89A365

monochromatic

#353859 #4C507F #656AA3 #8B8FBA #B2B4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#656AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#656AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656AA3

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656AA3	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5871A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53757F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.089 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394be',
    500: '#656aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656aa3;
$custom-light: #9394be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.161,
    "s": 25.203,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5444,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AA3

secondary

#C0BDA4

accent

#BA66C2

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AA3

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

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