#656AA4#656AA4

#656AA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.090 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AA4
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 164)
HSL	hsl(235, 26%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(235, 38%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 35.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 12.88, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 34.36, 292.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.0144 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.09 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2198, 15.7544, 37.2484)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AA4 #A49F65

analogous

#658AA4 #656AA4 #8065A4

triadic

#656AA4 #A4656A #6AA465

tetradic

#656AA4 #A4658A #A49F65 #65A480

square

#656AA4 #A4658A #A49F65 #65A480

split-complementary

#656AA4 #A48065 #8AA465

monochromatic

#35385A #4C5080 #656AA4 #8B8FBB #B2B4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#656AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#656AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656AA4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656AA4	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5771A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53757F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.090 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394bf',
    500: '#656aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656aa4;
$custom-light: #9394bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.238,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54492,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AA4

secondary

#C0BEA5

accent

#BB66C2

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AA4

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

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