#656BA9#656BA9

#656BA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.096 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656BA9
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 169)
HSL	hsl(235, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(235, 40%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 36.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 13.71, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 36.65, 291.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.0143 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.096 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7839, 16.1459, 39.7079)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656BA9 #A9A365

analogous

#658DA9 #656BA9 #8165A9

triadic

#656BA9 #A9656B #6BA965

tetradic

#656BA9 #A9658D #A9A365 #65A981

square

#656BA9 #A9658D #A9A365 #65A981

split-complementary

#656BA9 #A98165 #8DA965

monochromatic

#35395F #4B5086 #656BA9 #8C91BF #B4B6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#656BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#656BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656BA9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656BA9	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5673AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#507782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.096 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9495c3',
    500: '#656ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ba9;
$custom-light: #9495c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.706,
    "s": 28.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54967,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656BA9

secondary

#C4C1A6

accent

#BC63C5

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656BA9

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

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