#656B8F#656B8F

#656B8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.057 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B8F
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(231, 29%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 6.43, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 21.44, 287.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.0069 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.057 277)
XYZ	xyz(15.5811, 15.2648, 28.1067)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B8F #8F8965

analogous

#65808F #656B8F #74658F

triadic

#656B8F #8F656B #6B8F65

tetradic

#656B8F #8F6580 #8F8965 #658F74

square

#656B8F #8F6580 #8F8965 #658F74

split-complementary

#656B8F #8F7465 #808F65

monochromatic

#323547 #4C506B #656B8F #878CAA #ABAEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#656B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#656B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B8F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B8F	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.057 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9295b0',
    500: '#656b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b8f;
$custom-light: #9295b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 17.213,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53677,
    "c": 0.05688,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.15265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B8F

secondary

#B2AF9D

accent

#AF6EBA

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B8F

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

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