#656CC3#656CC3

#656CC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.133 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CC3
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 195)
HSL	hsl(236, 44%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(236, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 44.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 20.92, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 50.98, 294.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.018 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.133 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5767, 17.4308, 53.8994)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CC3 #C3BC65

analogous

#659BC3 #656CC3 #8D65C3

triadic

#656CC3 #C3656C #6CC365

tetradic

#656CC3 #C3659B #C3BC65 #65C38D

square

#656CC3 #C3659B #C3BC65 #65C38D

split-complementary

#656CC3 #C38D65 #9BC365

monochromatic

#31367D #424AA9 #656CC3 #9196D4 #BDC0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#656CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#656CC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CC3

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CC3	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4978C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4170C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#427E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.133 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9696d5',
    500: '#656cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cc3;
$custom-light: #9696d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.532,
    "s": 43.925,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56662,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CC3

secondary

#D5D2AF

accent

#CA54D4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CC3

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

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