#656AEE#656AEE

#656AEE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.195 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656AEE
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(238, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(238, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 35.68, -67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 76.25, 297.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.0238 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.195 277)
XYZ	xyz(25.9485, 19.2459, 83.2198)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656AEE #EEE965

analogous

#65AFEE #656AEE #A565EE

triadic

#656AEE #EE656A #6AEE65

tetradic

#656AEE #EE65AF #EEE965 #65EEA5

square

#656AEE #EE65AF #EEE965 #65EEA5

split-complementary

#656AEE #EEA565 #AFEE65

monochromatic

#161CC3 #2E35E8 #656AEE #9C9FF4 #D3D5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#656AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#656AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656AEE

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656AEE	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0089A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.195 277.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.81,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59156,
    "c": 0.19475,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.19248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656AEE

secondary

#EEECC1

accent

#D509DC

background

#FAF9FF

surface

#F4F1FE

border

#CECBD6

text

#0F0D17

muted

#7F7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #656AEE

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

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