#656B79#656B79

#656B79 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.023 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B79
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 121)
HSL	hsl(222, 9%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(222, 17%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 0.87, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 8.60, 275.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% -0.0012 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.023 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0749, 14.6623, 20.1740)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B79 #797365

analogous

#657579 #656B79 #696579

triadic

#656B79 #79656B #6B7965

tetradic

#656B79 #796575 #797365 #657969

square

#656B79 #796575 #797365 #657969

split-complementary

#656B79 #796965 #757965

monochromatic

#2D3036 #494E58 #656B79 #838A98 #A5A9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#656B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#656B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B79

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B79	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#606E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.023 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91959f',
    500: '#656b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b79;
$custom-light: #91959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 9.009,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52758,
    "c": 0.02319,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B79

secondary

#A39F97

accent

#A076B2

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B79

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

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