#656AAE#656AAE

#656AAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.105 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AAE
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(236, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 39.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 15.80, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 40.18, 293.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.0167 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.105 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1586, 16.1300, 42.1928)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AAE #AEA965

analogous

#658FAE #656AAE #8565AE

triadic

#656AAE #AE656A #6AAE65

tetradic

#656AAE #AE658F #AEA965 #65AE85

square

#656AAE #AE658F #AEA965 #65AE85

split-complementary

#656AAE #AE8565 #8FAE65

monochromatic

#353864 #4A4E8C #656AAE #8D91C3 #B5B8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#656AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#656AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656AAE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656AAE	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5273B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.105 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9494c6',
    500: '#656aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656aae;
$custom-light: #9494c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.89,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55033,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AAE

secondary

#C7C5A8

accent

#C061C7

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AAE

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

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