#656AB8#656AB8

#656AB8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.120 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AB8
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 184)
HSL	hsl(236, 37%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(236, 45%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 42.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 18.79, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 45.95, 294.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.0187 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.12 279)
XYZ	xyz(19.1700, 16.5345, 47.5195)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AB8 #B8B365

analogous

#6593B8 #656AB8 #8965B8

triadic

#656AB8 #B8656A #6AB865

tetradic

#656AB8 #B86593 #B8B365 #65B889

square

#656AB8 #B86593 #B8B365 #65B889

split-complementary

#656AB8 #B88965 #93B865

monochromatic

#33376F #474C99 #656AB8 #8F93CB #B9BBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#656AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#656AB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656AB8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656AB8	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D74BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.120 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9594ce',
    500: '#656ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ab8;
$custom-light: #9594ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.386,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55604,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.16535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AB8

secondary

#CECCAB

accent

#C65BCD

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F9

border

#CCCBD2

text

#0E0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AB8

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

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