#656AE5#656AE5

#656AE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.183 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AE5
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(238, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(238, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 32.82, -63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 71.31, 297.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.0235 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.183 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6592, 18.7302, 76.4294)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AE5 #E5E065

analogous

#65AAE5 #656AE5 #A065E5

triadic

#656AE5 #E5656A #6AE565

tetradic

#656AE5 #E565AA #E5E065 #65E5A0

square

#656AE5 #E565AA #E5E065 #65E5A0

split-complementary

#656AE5 #E5A065 #AAE565

monochromatic

#1E24B2 #3137DC #656AE5 #999DEE #CECFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#656AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#656AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AE5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AE5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D869D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.183 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b94ee',
    500: '#656ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ae5;
$custom-light: #9b94ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.656,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58514,
    "c": 0.18282,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AE5

secondary

#E9E7BD

accent

#CC12D3

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F1FD

border

#CECBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AE5

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

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