#656B80#656B80

#656B80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.034 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B80
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 128)
HSL	hsl(227, 12%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(227, 21%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, 2.57, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 12.65, 281.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.0016 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.034 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5198, 14.8403, 22.5174)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B80 #807A65

analogous

#657880 #656B80 #6D6580

triadic

#656B80 #80656B #6B8065

tetradic

#656B80 #806578 #807A65 #65806D

square

#656B80 #806578 #807A65 #65806D

split-complementary

#656B80 #806D65 #788065

monochromatic

#2F323C #4A4E5E #656B80 #848A9E #A6ABB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#656B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#656B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B80

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B80	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.034 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9195a4',
    500: '#656b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b80;
$custom-light: #9195a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 11.79,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53033,
    "c": 0.03379,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B80

secondary

#A8A599

accent

#A673B5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0C0D0F

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B80

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

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