#656BB6#656BB6

#656BB6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.116 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656BB6
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 182)
HSL	hsl(236, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(236, 45%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 41.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 17.57, -40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 44.17, 293.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.017 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.116 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0655, 16.6586, 46.4577)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656BB6 #B6B065

analogous

#6593B6 #656BB6 #8865B6

triadic

#656BB6 #B6656B #6BB665

tetradic

#656BB6 #B66593 #B6B065 #65B688

square

#656BB6 #B66593 #B6B065 #65B688

split-complementary

#656BB6 #B68865 #93B665

monochromatic

#34386D #474D96 #656BB6 #8F93CA #B8BBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#656BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#656BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656BB6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656BB6	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F75B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.116 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9595cc',
    500: '#656bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656bb6;
$custom-light: #9595cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55691,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656BB6

secondary

#CCCAAB

accent

#C35CCC

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F9

border

#CCCBD2

text

#0E0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656BB6

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

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