#656CDE#656CDE

#656CDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.171 H 277.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656CDE
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 222)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(237, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 51.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 29.38, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 66.18, 296.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.021 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.171 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9100, 18.7642, 71.4550)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656CDE #DED765

analogous

#65A8DE #656CDE #9A65DE

triadic

#656CDE #DE656C #6CDE65

tetradic

#656CDE #DE65A8 #DED765 #65DE9A

square

#656CDE #DE65A8 #DED765 #65DE9A

split-complementary

#656CDE #DE9A65 #A8DE65

monochromatic

#232BA5 #333CD3 #656CDE #979CE9 #CACCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#656CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#656CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #656CDE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##656CDE	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A73DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.171 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a96e9',
    500: '#656cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656cde;
$custom-light: #9a96e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.529,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.584,
    "c": 0.17078,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656CDE

secondary

#E5E2BA

accent

#C219CD

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F3F1FD

border

#CDCBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #656CDE

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

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