#656B7E#656B7E

#656B7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.031 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B7E
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 126)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 2.08, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 11.48, 280.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% 0.0008 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.031 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3895, 14.7882, 21.8309)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B7E #7E7865

analogous

#65787E #656B7E #6C657E

triadic

#656B7E #7E656B #6B7E65

tetradic

#656B7E #7E6578 #7E7865 #657E6C

square

#656B7E #7E6578 #7E7865 #657E6C

split-complementary

#656B7E #7E6C65 #787E65

monochromatic

#2F313A #4A4E5C #656B7E #848A9C #A6AAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#656B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#656B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B7E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B7E	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.031 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9195a3',
    500: '#656b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b7e;
$custom-light: #9195a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 11.013,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52953,
    "c": 0.03073,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B7E

secondary

#A7A398

accent

#A574B4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B7E

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

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