#656B8D#656B8D

#656B8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.054 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B8D
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(231, 28%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 5.90, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 20.27, 286.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% 0.0062 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.054 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4310, 15.2048, 27.3159)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B8D #8D8765

analogous

#657F8D #656B8D #73658D

triadic

#656B8D #8D656B #6B8D65

tetradic

#656B8D #8D657F #8D8765 #658D73

square

#656B8D #8D657F #8D8765 #658D73

split-complementary

#656B8D #8D7365 #7F8D65

monochromatic

#323546 #4B5069 #656B8D #878CA9 #AAAEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#656B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#656B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B8D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B8D	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B7177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.054 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9295ae',
    500: '#656b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b8d;
$custom-light: #9295ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 16.529,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53587,
    "c": 0.0538,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B8D

secondary

#B1AE9D

accent

#AE6FB9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B8D

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

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