#656BB9#656BB9

#656BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.120 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656BB9
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 185)
HSL	hsl(236, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(236, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 18.48, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 45.89, 293.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.0176 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.12 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3788, 16.7839, 48.1080)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656BB9 #B9B365

analogous

#6595B9 #656BB9 #8965B9

triadic

#656BB9 #B9656B #6BB965

tetradic

#656BB9 #B96595 #B9B365 #65B989

square

#656BB9 #B96595 #B9B365 #65B989

split-complementary

#656BB9 #B98965 #95B965

monochromatic

#333870 #464C9B #656BB9 #8F93CC #B9BCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#656BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#656BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656BB9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656BB9	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D75BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.120 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9595ce',
    500: '#656bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656bb9;
$custom-light: #9595ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55865,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656BB9

secondary

#CECCAC

accent

#C55ACD

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F9

border

#CCCBD2

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656BB9

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

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