#656B89#656B89

#656B89 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.048 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B89
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 137)
HSL	hsl(230, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(230, 26%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 4.85, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 17.92, 285.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.0049 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.048 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1387, 15.0879, 25.7767)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B89 #898365

analogous

#657D89 #656B89 #716589

triadic

#656B89 #89656B #6B8965

tetradic

#656B89 #89657D #898365 #658971

square

#656B89 #89657D #898365 #658971

split-complementary

#656B89 #897165 #7D8965

monochromatic

#313443 #4B4F66 #656B89 #868BA6 #A9ADC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#656B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#656B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B89

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B89	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C7075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.048 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9195ab',
    500: '#656b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b89;
$custom-light: #9195ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 15.126,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53411,
    "c": 0.04764,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B89

secondary

#AEAB9B

accent

#AC70B8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7D7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B89

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

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