#656CD9#656CD9

#656CD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.164 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CD9
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(236, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 27.80, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 63.40, 296.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0206 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.164 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2498, 18.5001, 67.9779)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CD9 #D9D265

analogous

#65A6D9 #656CD9 #9865D9

triadic

#656CD9 #D9656C #6CD965

tetradic

#656CD9 #D965A6 #D9D265 #65D998

square

#656CD9 #D965A6 #D9D265 #65D998

split-complementary

#656CD9 #D99865 #A6D965

monochromatic

#272E9D #343DCD #656CD9 #969BE5 #C7CAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#656CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#656CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656CD9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656CD9	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2573D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.164 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9996e5',
    500: '#656cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cd9;
$custom-light: #9996e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.379,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58064,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CD9

secondary

#E2E0B8

accent

#BE1DC8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CD9

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

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