#656AE6#656AE6

#656AE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.184 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AE6
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(238, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 33.14, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 71.87, 297.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.0235 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.184 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7992, 18.7862, 77.1669)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AE6 #E6E165

analogous

#65ABE6 #656AE6 #A065E6

triadic

#656AE6 #E6656A #6AE665

tetradic

#656AE6 #E665AB #E6E165 #65E6A0

square

#656AE6 #E665AB #E6E165 #65E6A0

split-complementary

#656AE6 #E6A065 #ABE665

monochromatic

#1D23B3 #3037DD #656AE6 #9A9DEF #CED0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#656AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#656AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AE6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AE6	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B879E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.184 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b94ef',
    500: '#656ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ae6;
$custom-light: #9b94ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.674,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58584,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AE6

secondary

#E9E8BD

accent

#CD11D4

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F1FD

border

#CECBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AE6

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

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