#656CB7#656CB7

#656CB7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.116 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CB7
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 183)
HSL	hsl(235, 36%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(235, 45%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 41%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 17.26, -40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 44.11, 293.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.016 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.116 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2740, 16.9098, 47.0389)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CB7 #B7B065

analogous

#6595B7 #656CB7 #8765B7

triadic

#656CB7 #B7656C #6CB765

tetradic

#656CB7 #B76595 #B7B065 #65B787

square

#656CB7 #B76595 #B7B065 #65B787

split-complementary

#656CB7 #B78765 #95B765

monochromatic

#33386E #474E98 #656CB7 #8F94CA #B8BCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#656CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#656CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CB7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CB7	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5076BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.116 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9596cd',
    500: '#656cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cb7;
$custom-light: #9596cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.878,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55952,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CB7

secondary

#CDCAAB

accent

#C35CCC

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F9

border

#CCCBD2

text

#0E0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CB7

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

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