#656AE1#656AE1

#656AE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.177 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AE1
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(238, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(238, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 31.55, -61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 69.10, 297.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0233 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.177 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1072, 18.5094, 73.5219)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AE1 #E1DC65

analogous

#65A8E1 #656AE1 #9E65E1

triadic

#656AE1 #E1656A #6AE165

tetradic

#656AE1 #E165A8 #E1DC65 #65E19E

square

#656AE1 #E165A8 #E1DC65 #65E19E

split-complementary

#656AE1 #E19E65 #A8E165

monochromatic

#2127AA #3238D7 #656AE1 #989CEB #CBCDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#656AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#656AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AE1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AE1	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0172DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24859B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.177 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a94eb',
    500: '#656ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ae1;
$custom-light: #9a94eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.581,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58235,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AE1

secondary

#E7E5BB

accent

#C816CF

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F3F1FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AE1

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

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