#656CB3#656CB3

#656CB3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.110 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CB3
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 179)
HSL	hsl(235, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(235, 44%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 39.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 16.06, -38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 41.81, 292.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.0152 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.11 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8636, 16.7456, 44.8774)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CB3 #B3AC65

analogous

#6593B3 #656CB3 #8565B3

triadic

#656CB3 #B3656C #6CB365

tetradic

#656CB3 #B36593 #B3AC65 #65B385

square

#656CB3 #B36593 #B3AC65 #65B385

split-complementary

#656CB3 #B38565 #93B365

monochromatic

#34396A #484F93 #656CB3 #8E93C7 #B7BADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#656CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#656CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CB3

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CB3	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5275B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.110 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496ca',
    500: '#656cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cb3;
$custom-light: #9496ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.615,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55725,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CB3

secondary

#CAC7A9

accent

#C05ECA

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CB3

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

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