#656CB6#656CB6

#656CB6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.114 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CB6
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 182)
HSL	hsl(235, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(235, 45%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 40.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 16.96, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 43.54, 292.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.0158 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.114 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1703, 16.8683, 46.4927)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CB6 #B6AF65

analogous

#6594B6 #656CB6 #8665B6

triadic

#656CB6 #B6656C #6CB665

tetradic

#656CB6 #B66594 #B6AF65 #65B686

square

#656CB6 #B66594 #B6AF65 #65B686

split-complementary

#656CB6 #B68665 #94B665

monochromatic

#34396D #474E96 #656CB6 #8F94CA #B8BBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#656CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#656CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CB6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CB6	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5175B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.114 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9596cc',
    500: '#656cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cb6;
$custom-light: #9596cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.815,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55895,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CB6

secondary

#CCC9AB

accent

#C25CCC

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F9

border

#CCCBD2

text

#0E0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CB6

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

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