#656C8D#656C8D

#656C8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.052 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656C8D
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(230, 17%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(230, 28%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 5.29, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 19.68, 285.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.0048 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.052 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5358, 15.4145, 27.3509)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656C8D #8D8665

analogous

#65808D #656C8D #72658D

triadic

#656C8D #8D656C #6C8D65

tetradic

#656C8D #8D6580 #8D8665 #658D72

square

#656C8D #8D6580 #8D8665 #658D72

split-complementary

#656C8D #8D7265 #808D65

monochromatic

#323546 #4B5169 #656C8D #878CA9 #AAAEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#656C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#656C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656C8D

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656C8D	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.052 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9196ae',
    500: '#656c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656c8d;
$custom-light: #9196ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.5,
    "s": 16.529,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53808,
    "c": 0.05243,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656C8D

secondary

#B1AE9D

accent

#AC6FB9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #656C8D

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

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