#656CC5#656CC5

#656CC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.136 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CC5
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 197)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(236, 49%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 45.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 21.54, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 52.12, 294.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.0183 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.136 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8043, 17.5219, 55.0983)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CC5 #C5BE65

analogous

#659CC5 #656CC5 #8E65C5

triadic

#656CC5 #C5656C #6CC565

tetradic

#656CC5 #C5659C #C5BE65 #65C58E

square

#656CC5 #C5659C #C5BE65 #65C58E

split-complementary

#656CC5 #C58E65 #9CC565

monochromatic

#303680 #4149AC #656CC5 #9196D6 #BEC1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#656CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#656CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CC5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CC5	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4778C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F71C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#407F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.136 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9696d7',
    500: '#656cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cc5;
$custom-light: #9696d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.625,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56784,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CC5

secondary

#D6D3B0

accent

#CB53D5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FA

border

#CCCBD3

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CC5

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

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