#656CD8#656CD8

#656CD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.163 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CD8
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(236, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 27.48, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 62.84, 295.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0206 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.163 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1201, 18.4482, 67.2950)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CD8 #D8D165

analogous

#65A5D8 #656CD8 #9865D8

triadic

#656CD8 #D8656C #6CD865

tetradic

#656CD8 #D865A5 #D8D165 #65D898

square

#656CD8 #D865A5 #D8D165 #65D898

split-complementary

#656CD8 #D89865 #A5D865

monochromatic

#272E9B #343DCC #656CD8 #969BE4 #C7C9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#656CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#656CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656CD8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656CD8	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2773D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.163 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9996e5',
    500: '#656cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cd8;
$custom-light: #9996e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.348,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57997,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CD8

secondary

#E2DFB7

accent

#BD1EC7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CD8

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

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