#656CB4#656CB4

#656CB4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.111 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CB4
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 180)
HSL	hsl(235, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(235, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 40%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 16.36, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 42.39, 292.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.0154 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.111 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9651, 16.7862, 45.4119)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CB4 #B4AD65

analogous

#6593B4 #656CB4 #8665B4

triadic

#656CB4 #B4656C #6CB465

tetradic

#656CB4 #B46593 #B4AD65 #65B486

square

#656CB4 #B46593 #B4AD65 #65B486

split-complementary

#656CB4 #B48665 #93B465

monochromatic

#34396B #484F94 #656CB4 #8E93C8 #B7BBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#656CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#656CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CB4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CB4	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5275B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.111 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9596cb',
    500: '#656cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cb4;
$custom-light: #9596cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.684,
    "s": 34.498,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55781,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CB4

secondary

#CBC8AA

accent

#C15DCB

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0D0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CB4

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

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