#656CA4#656CA4

#656CA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.087 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CA4
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 164)
HSL	hsl(233, 26%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(233, 38%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 11.65, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 33.12, 290.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.0117 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.087 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4283, 16.1715, 37.3179)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CA4 #A49D65

analogous

#658CA4 #656CA4 #7E65A4

triadic

#656CA4 #A4656C #6CA465

tetradic

#656CA4 #A4658C #A49D65 #65A47E

square

#656CA4 #A4658C #A49D65 #65A47E

split-complementary

#656CA4 #A47E65 #8CA465

monochromatic

#35395A #4C5280 #656CA4 #8B91BB #B2B5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#656CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#656CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CA4

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CA4	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A72A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#537780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.087 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396bf',
    500: '#656ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656ca4;
$custom-light: #9396bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54914,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CA4

secondary

#C0BDA5

accent

#B866C2

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F7

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CA4

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

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