#656AD8#656AD8

#656AD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AD8
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(237, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 50.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 28.70, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 64.10, 296.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.0227 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.165 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9116, 18.0312, 67.2255)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AD8 #D8D365

analogous

#65A4D8 #656AD8 #9965D8

triadic

#656AD8 #D8656A #6AD865

tetradic

#656AD8 #D865A4 #D8D365 #65D899

square

#656AD8 #D865A4 #D8D365 #65D899

split-complementary

#656AD8 #D89965 #A4D865

monochromatic

#272C9B #343BCC #656AD8 #9699E4 #C7C8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#656AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#656AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AD8

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AD8	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2171D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9994e5',
    500: '#656ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ad8;
$custom-light: #9994e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5762,
    "c": 0.16522,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AD8

secondary

#E2E0B7

accent

#C01EC7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AD8

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

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