#656BC5#656BC5

#656BC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.137 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656BC5
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 197)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(236, 49%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 45.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 22.15, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 52.75, 294.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.0195 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.137 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6995, 17.3122, 55.0634)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656BC5 #C5BF65

analogous

#659BC5 #656BC5 #8F65C5

triadic

#656BC5 #C5656B #6BC565

tetradic

#656BC5 #C5659B #C5BF65 #65C58F

square

#656BC5 #C5659B #C5BF65 #65C58F

split-complementary

#656BC5 #C58F65 #9BC565

monochromatic

#303580 #4147AC #656BC5 #9196D6 #BEC0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#656BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#656BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656BC5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656BC5	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4577C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D70C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.137 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9795d7',
    500: '#656bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656bc5;
$custom-light: #9795d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56586,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656BC5

secondary

#D6D4B0

accent

#CD53D5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656BC5

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

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