#656CCE#656CCE

#656CCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.149 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CCE
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 206)
HSL	hsl(236, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 47.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 24.34, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 57.22, 295.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.0195 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.149 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8665, 17.9467, 60.6924)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CCE #CEC765

analogous

#65A0CE #656CCE #9265CE

triadic

#656CCE #CE656C #6CCE65

tetradic

#656CCE #CE65A0 #CEC765 #65CE92

square

#656CCE #CE65A0 #CEC765 #65CE92

split-complementary

#656CCE #CE9265 #A0CE65

monochromatic

#2D338C #3B44BA #656CCE #9398DD #C2C5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#656CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#656CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656CCE

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656CCE	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.149 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9896dd',
    500: '#656cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cce;
$custom-light: #9896dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57347,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CCE

secondary

#DCD9B3

accent

#B526BF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F1FB

border

#CCCBD4

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CCE

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

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