#656AE9#656AE9

#656AE9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.188 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AE9
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(238, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(238, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 34.09, -65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 73.51, 297.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.0237 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.188 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2241, 18.9562, 79.4047)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AE9 #E9E465

analogous

#65ACE9 #656AE9 #A265E9

triadic

#656AE9 #E9656A #6AE965

tetradic

#656AE9 #E965AC #E9E465 #65E9A2

square

#656AE9 #E965AC #E9E465 #65E9A2

split-complementary

#656AE9 #E9A265 #ACE965

monochromatic

#1A20B9 #2F36E1 #656AE9 #9B9EF1 #D0D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#656AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#656AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AE9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AE9	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13879F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.188 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b94f1',
    500: '#656ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ae9;
$custom-light: #9b94f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.727,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58797,
    "c": 0.18814,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AE9

secondary

#EBE9BF

accent

#D00ED7

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F1FD

border

#CECBD5

text

#0F0D17

muted

#7F7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AE9

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

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