#656AC8#656AC8

#656AC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.143 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AC8
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 200)
HSL	hsl(237, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(237, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 23.70, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 55.09, 295.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.0211 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.143 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9430, 17.2437, 56.8572)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AC8 #C8C365

analogous

#659CC8 #656AC8 #9265C8

triadic

#656AC8 #C8656A #6AC865

tetradic

#656AC8 #C8659C #C8C365 #65C892

square

#656AC8 #C8659C #C8C365 #65C892

split-complementary

#656AC8 #C89265 #9CC865

monochromatic

#2F3384 #3F45B1 #656AC8 #9296D8 #BFC1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#656AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#656AC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656AC8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656AC8	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3870C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F7E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.143 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9794d9',
    500: '#656ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ac8;
$custom-light: #9794d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.97,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56578,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AC8

secondary

#D8D6B1

accent

#D051D7

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AC8

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

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