#656C8A#656C8A

#656C8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.048 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656C8A
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(229, 15%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(229, 27%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 4.51, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 17.93, 284.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.0037 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.048 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3156, 15.3264, 26.1912)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656C8A #8A8365

analogous

#657F8A #656C8A #71658A

triadic

#656C8A #8A656C #6C8A65

tetradic

#656C8A #8A657F #8A8365 #658A71

square

#656C8A #8A657F #8A8365 #658A71

split-complementary

#656C8A #8A7165 #7F8A65

monochromatic

#313543 #4B5067 #656C8A #868CA6 #A9AEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#656C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#656C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656C8A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656C8A	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C7276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.048 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ac',
    500: '#656c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656c8a;
$custom-light: #9196ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 15.481,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53676,
    "c": 0.04782,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656C8A

secondary

#AFAB9C

accent

#AA70B8

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656C8A

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

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