#656AED#656AED

#656AED is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.193 H 277.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AED
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 237)
HSL	hsl(238, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 35.36, -66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 75.71, 297.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.0238 -0.192)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.193 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8020, 19.1873, 82.4482)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AED #EDE865

analogous

#65AEED #656AED #A465ED

triadic

#656AED #ED656A #6AED65

tetradic

#656AED #ED65AE #EDE865 #65EDA4

square

#656AED #ED65AE #EDE865 #65EDA4

split-complementary

#656AED #EDA465 #AEED65

monochromatic

#171DC1 #2E35E7 #656AED #9C9FF3 #D3D4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#656AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#656AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AED

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AED	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0389A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.193 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c94f4',
    500: '#656aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656aed;
$custom-light: #9c94f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.794,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59084,
    "c": 0.19343,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AED

secondary

#EDEBC1

accent

#D40ADB

background

#FAF9FF

surface

#F4F1FE

border

#CECBD6

text

#0F0D17

muted

#7F7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AED

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

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