#656AA9#656AA9

#656AA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.098 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AA9
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 169)
HSL	hsl(236, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(236, 40%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 37.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, 14.33, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 37.27, 292.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.0156 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.098 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6802, 15.9386, 39.6733)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AA9 #A9A465

analogous

#658CA9 #656AA9 #8265A9

triadic

#656AA9 #A9656A #6AA965

tetradic

#656AA9 #A9658C #A9A465 #65A982

square

#656AA9 #A9658C #A9A465 #65A982

split-complementary

#656AA9 #A98265 #8CA965

monochromatic

#35385F #4B4F86 #656AA9 #8C90BF #B4B6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#656AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#656AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656AA9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656AA9	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5572AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.098 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9494c3',
    500: '#656aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656aa9;
$custom-light: #9494c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.588,
    "s": 28.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54759,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AA9

secondary

#C4C1A6

accent

#BD63C5

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AA9

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

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