#656AE2#656AE2

#656AE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.179 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AE2
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(238, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 53.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 31.87, -61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 69.66, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0234 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.179 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2440, 18.5641, 74.2425)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AE2 #E2DD65

analogous

#65A9E2 #656AE2 #9F65E2

triadic

#656AE2 #E2656A #6AE265

tetradic

#656AE2 #E265A9 #E2DD65 #65E29F

square

#656AE2 #E265A9 #E2DD65 #65E29F

split-complementary

#656AE2 #E29F65 #A9E265

monochromatic

#2026AC #3138D8 #656AE2 #999CEC #CCCEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#656AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#656AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AE2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AE2	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22859C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.179 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a94ec',
    500: '#656ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ae2;
$custom-light: #9a94ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58304,
    "c": 0.17879,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AE2

secondary

#E7E5BC

accent

#C915D0

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F3F1FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AE2

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

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