#656BC9#656BC9

#656BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656BC9
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(236, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 23.39, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 55.02, 295.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.02 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.143 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1639, 17.4979, 57.5093)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656BC9 #C9C365

analogous

#659DC9 #656BC9 #9165C9

triadic

#656BC9 #C9656B #6BC965

tetradic

#656BC9 #C9659D #C9C365 #65C991

square

#656BC9 #C9659D #C9C365 #65C991

split-complementary

#656BC9 #C99165 #9DC965

monochromatic

#2F3485 #3F45B2 #656BC9 #9297D9 #C0C2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#656BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#656BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656BC9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656BC9	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3970C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9795da',
    500: '#656bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656bc9;
$custom-light: #9795da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56836,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656BC9

secondary

#D8D6B1

accent

#D050D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656BC9

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

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