#656BA7#656BA7

#656BA7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.093 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656BA7
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 167)
HSL	hsl(235, 27%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(235, 40%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 35.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 13.13, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 35.48, 291.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.0138 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.093 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5975, 16.0714, 38.7266)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656BA7 #A7A165

analogous

#658CA7 #656BA7 #8065A7

triadic

#656BA7 #A7656B #6BA765

tetradic

#656BA7 #A7658C #A7A165 #65A780

square

#656BA7 #A7658C #A7A165 #65A780

split-complementary

#656BA7 #A78065 #8CA765

monochromatic

#35395D #4B5084 #656BA7 #8C90BD #B3B6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#656BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#656BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656BA7

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656BA7	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5772A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#517781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.093 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9395c1',
    500: '#656ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ba7;
$custom-light: #9395c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54861,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656BA7

secondary

#C2C0A6

accent

#BB64C4

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656BA7

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

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