#656CC9#656CC9

#656CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CC9
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 201)
HSL	hsl(236, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 46.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 22.78, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 54.39, 294.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.0189 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.142 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2687, 17.7076, 57.5442)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CC9 #C9C265

analogous

#659EC9 #656CC9 #9065C9

triadic

#656CC9 #C9656C #6CC965

tetradic

#656CC9 #C9659E #C9C265 #65C990

square

#656CC9 #C9659E #C9C265 #65C990

split-complementary

#656CC9 #C99065 #9EC965

monochromatic

#2F3585 #3F47B2 #656CC9 #9297D9 #C0C3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#656CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#656CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656CC9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656CC9	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4479CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B71C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9796da',
    500: '#656cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cc9;
$custom-light: #9796da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.8,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57031,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CC9

secondary

#D8D6B1

accent

#CE50D8

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CC9

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

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