#656ADE#656ADE

#656ADE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.173 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656ADE
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(238, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 52.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 30.60, -60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 67.44, 296.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0231 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.173 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7015, 18.3471, 71.3855)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656ADE #DED965

analogous

#65A6DE #656ADE #9C65DE

triadic

#656ADE #DE656A #6ADE65

tetradic

#656ADE #DE65A6 #DED965 #65DE9C

square

#656ADE #DE65A6 #DED965 #65DE9C

split-complementary

#656ADE #DE9C65 #A6DE65

monochromatic

#2329A5 #3339D3 #656ADE #979BE9 #CACCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#656ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#656ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656ADE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656ADE	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1072DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29849A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.173 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a94e9',
    500: '#656ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ade;
$custom-light: #9a94e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.521,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58027,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656ADE

secondary

#E5E3BA

accent

#C519CD

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F3F1FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656ADE

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

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