#656AC7#656AC7

#656AC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.142 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AC7
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 199)
HSL	hsl(237, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 49%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 46.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 23.39, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 54.52, 295.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.021 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.142 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8265, 17.1971, 56.2437)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AC7 #C7C265

analogous

#659BC7 #656AC7 #9165C7

triadic

#656AC7 #C7656A #6AC765

tetradic

#656AC7 #C7659B #C7C265 #65C791

square

#656AC7 #C7659B #C7C265 #65C791

split-complementary

#656AC7 #C79165 #9BC765

monochromatic

#2F3482 #4045AF #656AC7 #9295D7 #BFC1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#656AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#656AC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656AC7

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656AC7	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4277CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.142 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9794d8',
    500: '#656ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ac7;
$custom-light: #9794d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.939,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56515,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AC7

secondary

#D7D5B1

accent

#D051D6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AC7

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

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