#656B8A#656B8A

#656B8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.049 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B8A
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(230, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(230, 27%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 5.11, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 18.51, 286.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.0052 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.049 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2108, 15.1167, 26.1562)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B8A #8A8465

analogous

#657E8A #656B8A #72658A

triadic

#656B8A #8A656B #6B8A65

tetradic

#656B8A #8A657E #8A8465 #658A72

square

#656B8A #8A657E #8A8465 #658A72

split-complementary

#656B8A #8A7265 #7E8A65

monochromatic

#313443 #4B5067 #656B8A #868BA6 #A9ADC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#656B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#656B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B8A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B8A	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C7175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.049 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9195ac',
    500: '#656b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b8a;
$custom-light: #9195ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 15.481,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53454,
    "c": 0.04918,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B8A

secondary

#AFAC9C

accent

#AC70B8

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B8A

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

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