#656BDE#656BDE

#656BDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.172 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656BDE
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(237, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 29.99, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 66.81, 296.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0221 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.172 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8052, 18.5544, 71.4200)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656BDE #DED865

analogous

#65A7DE #656BDE #9B65DE

triadic

#656BDE #DE656B #6BDE65

tetradic

#656BDE #DE65A7 #DED865 #65DE9B

square

#656BDE #DE65A7 #DED865 #65DE9B

split-complementary

#656BDE #DE9B65 #A7DE65

monochromatic

#232AA5 #333BD3 #656BDE #979BE9 #CACCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#656BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#656BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656BDE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1673DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28859A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.172 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a95e9',
    500: '#656bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656bde;
$custom-light: #9a95e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.025,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58213,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656BDE

secondary

#E5E3BA

accent

#C419CD

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F3F1FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656BDE

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

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