#656C9A#656C9A

#656C9A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.072 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656C9A
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 154)
HSL	hsl(232, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(232, 34%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 29.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 8.82, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 27.29, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.0089 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.072 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5605, 15.8243, 32.7474)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656C9A #9A9365

analogous

#65879A #656C9A #78659A

triadic

#656C9A #9A656C #6C9A65

tetradic

#656C9A #9A6587 #9A9365 #659A78

square

#656C9A #9A6587 #9A9365 #659A78

split-complementary

#656C9A #9A7865 #879A65

monochromatic

#353850 #4D5275 #656C9A #8A8FB2 #AFB3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#656C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#656C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656C9A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656C9A	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E719C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56757C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.072 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9296b8',
    500: '#656c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656c9a;
$custom-light: #9296b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.075,
    "s": 20.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54412,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656C9A

secondary

#B9B6A2

accent

#B26ABD

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #656C9A

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

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